Resolution 2681-98
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RESOLUTION NO. 2681-98
A RESOLUTION OF SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ENTREATING GOVERNOR PETE WILSON TO PROTECT THE DRINKING WATER OF
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, BY PROHIBITING THE USE OF MTBE IN GASOLINE
WHEREAS, MTBE poses a serious threat to the drinking water of South
Tahoe by continuing to contaminate its sources of drinking water; and
WHEREAS, due to the vigilance of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, our
drinking water is safe, but as long as MTBE is present in gasoline our wells are at risk; and
WHEREAS, MTBE's taste and odor makes contaminated drinking water
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WHEREAS, citizens of this State have a right to demand that the sources of
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the
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South Tahoe Public Utility District hereby entreats Governor Pete Wilson to take
immediate action to prohibit the use of MTBE, as an additive to gasoline.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a duly held Regular Meeting of the Board of
Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District on the 16th day of July, 1998 by the
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A YES: Wallace, Strohm, Jones, Gochnauer, and M:>sbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Kathy Sharp, Clerk Board and
Ex-Officio Secretary to the Board of Directors