The MTBE controversy concerns methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive that replaced tetraethyllead. MTBE is an oxygenate and raises gasoline's...

and storage stabilization methods were important military secrets. MTBE controversy "Phase-out of leaded petrol brings huge health and cost benefits"....

in some states, including California and New York. (See MTBE controversy.) EPA included MTBE on its first Contaminant Candidate List, published in 1998...

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California in 1992. Methyl tert-butyl ether, or MTBE, was added as an oxygenate and to raise the octane number. MTBE was found to contaminate groundwater, and...

S. by the discovery that methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was contaminating groundwater. MTBE use as an oxygenate additive was widespread due to the...

States. Methanex claimed that a California ban on methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), a substance that had found its way into many wells in the state, was hurtful...

gasoline and is fully biodegradable, unlike some fuel additives such as MTBE. However, because energy to run many U.S. distilleries comes mainly from...

as TAME derived from natural gas, MTBE made from methanol, and ethanol-derived ETBE, have largely supplanted TEL. MTBE has environmental risks of its own...

March 25, 1999, Davis issued an executive order calling for the removal of MTBE (a toxic gasoline additive) from gasoline sold in the state. In 2001, in...

allocated, but is continually being threatened by chemical pollutants, such as MTBE and perchlorates; 2% came from recycled water and was used for irrigation...

public airwaves." Both initiated and eliminated "safe harbor" provision for MTBE (in Energy Policy Act of 2005). Co-founded the Congressional Privacy Caucus...

fuel in the state of Florida by the end of 2010. Due to the phasing out of MTBE as a gasoline additive and mainly due to the mandates established in the...

tied to the gasoline additive MTBE, a chemical that was once a key gasoline ingredient. Leaked from storage tanks, MTBE has been found in several water...

(regular sulfur, low sulfur, and low temperature), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and crude-oil (light sweet, light sour, and heavy)". In 2004, Kinder Morgan...

caused by the gasoline additive MTBE. Subsequently, Hinck helped to organize cases nationwide for recovery from MTBE pollution. In November 1978, Hinck...

against the president's wishes, initiated the "safe harbor" provision for MTBE in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, together with Rep. Joe Barton. DeLay supported...

Groundwater contamination by MTBE, a mandatory gasoline additive, has also affected Fallston. Harford County also faces controversy from residents living near...

ether (MTBE), an oxygenate additive in gasoline, was contaminating groundwater. Due to the risks of widespread and costly litigation, and because MTBE use...

spurred by the discovery that methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was contaminating groundwater. MTBE's use as an oxygenate additive was widespread due to mandates...

to gas; and the expansion of Petronas' output of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), propylene, and polypropylene, which were already being produced in joint...

generated controversy in the fall of 2001 due to his refusal to declare a state of emergency when the town of Pascoag's water was contaminated with MTBE. After...

contamination caused by the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)". The settlement also stipulated that the settling parties pay their share...

ready for distribution, so it decided to use an oxygenate in substitution of MTBE. Nevertheless, retail sales of E7 continue uninterrupted in the trial regions...

tetrachloroethene), and gasoline-related compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, MTBE, and xylenes) by ISCO is effective. Some other contaminants can be made less...

in gasoline.[citation needed] For most biodegradable materials like BTEX, MTBE and most hydrocarbons, bioreactors can be used to clean the contaminated...

provide liability protection for manufacturers of the gasoline additive MTBE, and the movement to increase fuel economy standards. Ryun also scored a...

1.7 billion lb (770 million kg) of MTBE, equivalent to approximately 25 percent of the United States's total MTBE production. Additionally, the plant...

was removed or treated as needed. An underground methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) plume was discovered near the former gas stations. A small number of homes...