Water utilities triumph over MTBE 'safe harbor' provisions

Article Abstract:

The comprehensive energy bill (P.L.109-058: the Energy Policy Act of 2005) with safe harbor provisions increased the use of water utilities over the oil and petroleum as methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) when added to the gasoline to improve the air quality contaminates drinking water supplies is discussed.

Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Energy Programs, Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether, Energy Programs-Total Govt, Analysis, Energy policy, Contamination, MTBE, Methyl tertiary butyl ether

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Proposed rule emphasizes mitigation banking

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The advantages of rule proposed by United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the usage of mitigation banking as a compensatory effort for wetland loss, are discussed.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, National Security, Legal/Government Regulation, Army Corps of Engineers, Methods, Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Wetland conservation, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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Elizabeth river to be focus of major cleanup effort

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The plans of the United States government to clean the Elizabeth river, part of a nationwide river cleanup effort, are described.

Strategy & planning, Planning, Stream conservation, Company business planning

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