Resolution 2669-98
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RESOLUTION NO. 2669-98
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
URGING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
TO EMPLOY HIS EXECUTIVE POWERS TO ACHIEVE
THE REMOVAL OF MtBE AND OTHER OXYGENATES AS
ADDITIVES TO GASOLINE
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE) has been detected in water
supplies within the service boundaries of the South Tahoe Public Utility District; and
WHEREAS, MtBE has been detected in water supplies in three drinking water
wells and threatens two others within the service boundaries of the South Tahoe
10 Public Utility District; and
WHEREAS, the mechanisms of MtBE contamination include leaking underground
storage tank systems, other gasoline storage and distribution systems, gasoline-
powered water craft, storm water runoff, and rainfall washout; and
WHEREAS, MtBE is difficult and expensive to remove once it is in the water
supply; and
WHEREAS, MtBE is soluble, mobile, and persistent in the water cycle; and
WHEREAS, MtBE is a possible human carcinogen and has a low taste and odor
threshold; and
WHEREAS, it is important to protect water quality and public health.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the South
Tahoe Public Utility District hereby urges a prohibition on the use of MtBE, or any other
22 ether oxygenate, as an additive to gasoline.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of
24 the South Tahoe Public Utility District urges the Governor to employ his executive
25 powers to achieve removal of MtBE and other ether oxygenates as additives to
26 gasoline in the State of California in order to protect the State's valuable water
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3 level to achieve this prohibition and to identify alterative methods to achieve accept-
4 able air quality objectives.
5 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a duly held Regular Meeting of the Board of
6 Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District on the 19th day of March, by the
7 following vote:
8 AYES: Directors Wallace, Strohm, Jones, Gochnauer, Mosbacher.
9 NOES: None
10 ABSENT: None
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