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Ethanol

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Federal Government

Department of Energy
Department of Energy Office of Transportation Technologies - Ethanol FactSheet (January 2002)

Department of Energy - Alternative Fuels Data Center
Infrastructure Requirements for an Expanded Fuel Ethanol Industry Downstream Alternatives Inc. (January 15, 2002)

Environmental Protection Agency
EPA - Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Collection of Documents on MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) and Underground Storage Tanks

The Effect of Unique Gasoline Blends (i.e., "Boutique Fuels") on Fuel Supply and Distribution. (October 2001)

Study of Boutique Fuels and Issues Relating to Transition from Winter to Summer Gasoline. (October 2001)

The Office of Transportation and Air Quality
Cost Estimates of Long-Term Options for Addressing Boutique Fuels (October 2001)

General Accounting Office
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety,
Committee on Environment and Public Works - Overview of Highway Trust Fund Financing. (February 2002)

Alternative Motor Fuels and Vehicles: Impact on the Transportation Sector. (July 2001)

Non Government Organizations

California Energy Commission
MTBE Phase out in California. (February 18, 2002)

Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline: October 1 through December 31, 2001. Report to the Legislature, on line, February 13, 2002, Publication Number 300-01-003V4

National Research Council
Review of the Research Strategy for Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuels Committee to Review the R&D Strategy for Biomass-Derived Ethanol and Biodiesel Transportation Fuels. (1999)

Oxygenated Fuels Association
Technical Comments of the Oxygenated Fuels Association on EPA Staff White Paper on Boutique Fuels. (January 2002)

Water Quality Impacts of MTBE: An Update Since the Release of the UC Report (August 2001)

Renewable Fuels Association
Ethanol & Fuel Cells: Converging Paths of Opportunity (August 2002)

University of California
Health and Environmental Assessment of MTBE Report to the Governor and Legislature of the State of California as Sponsored by SB 521 Delivered to the Governor's office on November 12, 1998