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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 538
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to
request that the United States Environmental Protection Agency take prompt
action to waive federal requirements that certain reformulated gasoline be sold
in the State; requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before a
certain date, to develop and submit, to certain legislative committees, a plan
regarding the phasing out of a report on the viability of alternatives to the use
of methyl tertiary butyl ether in gasoline sold in the State; providing for the
termination of this Act; and generally relating to the use of methyl tertiary butyl
ether in gasoline sold in the State.
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Maryland Department of the Environment shall:
(a) Request that the United States Environmental Protection Agency take
prompt action to waive federal requirements that reformulated gasoline, containing a
minimum oxygen content in accordance with the provisions of the 1990 amendments
to the Clean Air Act, be sold in the State; and
(b) On shall, on or before December 1, 2006 2005, develop and submit, subject
to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, a plan report to the Senate Education,
Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters
Committee regarding the phasing out of on the viability of alternatives to the use of
methyl tertiary butyl ether in gasoline sold in the State, including:
(1) The availability of other oxygenates;
(2) The economic implications of using other oxygenates; and
(3) The environmental impacts on the State of using other oxygenates;
(4) The effectiveness and efficiency of the use of bacteria and other
microorganisms to clean both isolated and widespread incidences of oil and gasoline
contamination of soil and groundwater, a process known as "bioremediation"; and
(5) The short and long term effectiveness of bioremediation compared to
other methods of cleaning soil and groundwater contamination.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 2005. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 3 6 months
and, at the end of December 31, 2006 2005, with no further action required by the
General Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved May 26, 2005.
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