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Achten, C., Kolb, A., and Puttmann, W., 2001 , Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in urban and rural precipitation in Germany: Atmospheric Environment, v. 35, p. 6337-6345.

Anderson, L.G., Wolfe, Pamela, Barrell, R.A., and Lanning, J.A., 1994 , The effects of oxygenated fuels on the atmospheric concentrations of carbon monoxide and aldehydes in Colorado, in Sterrett, F.S., ed., Alternative fuels and the environment: Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis Publishers, Inc., p. 75-103.

Baehr, A.L., Stackelberg, P.E., and Baker, R.J., 1999 , Evaluation of the atmosphere as a source of volatile organic compounds in shallow groundwater: Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 1, p. 127-136.

Bender, D.A., Zogorski, J.S., Luo, Wentai, Pankow, J.F., Majewski, M.S., and Baker, R.J., 2000 , Atmosphere-water interaction of chloroform, toluene, and MTBE in small perennial urban streams in Air & Waste Management Association, Annual Conference and Exposition, 93rd, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 18-22, 2000, [Proceedings]: AMWA, 11 p.

Bennett, P.J., and Kerr, J.A., 1990 , Kinetics of the reactions of hydroxyl radicals with aliphatic ethers studied under simulated atmospheric conditions--Temperature dependences of the rate coefficients: Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, v. 10, no. 1-2, p. 27-38.

Bott, D.J., Dawson, W.M., Piel, W.J., and Karas, L.J., 1992 , MTBE environmental fate: London, England, Arco Chemical Company, The Institute of Petroleum, November 26, 13 p.

Bravo, H.A., Camacho, R.C., Roy-Ocotla, G.R., Sosa, R.E., and Torres, R.J., 1991 , Analysis of the change in atmospheric urban formaldehyde and photochemistry activity as a result of using methyl-t-butyl-ether (MTBE) as an additive in gasolines of the metropolitan area of Mexico City: Atmospheric Environment, v. 25B, no. 2, p. 285-288.

Buxton, H.T., Landmeyer, J.E., Baehr, A.L., Church, C.D., and Tratnyek, P.G., 1997 , Interdisciplinary investigation of subsurface contaminant transport and fate at point-source releases of gasoline containing MTBE, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbon Conference--Prevention, Detection, and Restoration, Houston, Tex., Nov. 12-14, 1997, [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 2-18.

Chang, T.Y., and Rudy, S.J., 1990 , Ozone-forming potential of organic emissions from alternative-fueled vehicles: Atmospheric Environment, v. 24A, no. 9, p. 2421-2430.

Cox, R.A., and Goldstone, Annmarie, 1981 [1982], Atmospheric reactivity of oxygenated motor fuel additives, in Versino, B. and Ott, H., eds., Physico-chemical behaviour of atmospheric pollutants, European Symposium, 2nd, Varese, Italy, September 29-October 1, 1981 [Proceedings]: Boston, Mass., D. Reidel Publishing Company, p. 112-119.

Davidson, J.M., 1995 b, Groundwater health issues of MTBE--Sources, MTBE in precipitation, MTBE in ground water, fate & transport, MTBE in drinking water: Reformulated Gasoline Workshop, October 12, 1995, [Proceedings], 18 p.

Grosjean, D., Grosjean, E., and Rasmussen, R.A., 1997 , Atmospheric chemistry and urban air concentrations of MTBE and ethanol, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 378-379.

Howard, P.H., ed., 1993 , Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals: Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis Publishers, Inc., v. IV, p. 71-75.

International Programme of Chemical Safety, 1998 , Environmental health criteria 206--Methyl tertiary-butyl ether: Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization, 199 p.

Japar, S.M., Wallington, T.J., Richert, J.F.O., and Ball, J.C., 1990 a, The atmospheric chemistry of oxygenated fuel additives--t-Butyl alcohol and t-butyl ether, in Air & Waste Management Association, Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 83rd, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 24-29, 1990, [Proceedings]: v. 6, 15 p.

Japar, S.M., Wallington, T.J., Richert, J.F.O., and Ball, J.C., 1990 b, The atmospheric chemistry of oxygenated fuel additives--t-Butyl alcohol, dimethyl ether, and methyl t-butyl ether: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, v. 22, no. 12, p. 1257-1269.

Kirchstetter, T.W., Singer, B.C., Harley, R.A., Kendall, G.R., and Chan, Waymond, 1996 , Impact of oxygenated gasoline use on California light-duty vehicle emissions: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 30, no. 2, p. 661-670.

Kleindienst, T.E. and Smith, D.F., 1993 , The atmospheric chemistry of tertiary-amyl methyl ether (TAME): Research Triangle Park, N.C., ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc. Report AQ-1-3, 43 p.

Kleindienst, T.E., Smith, D.F., Black, F.M., and Tejada, S.B., 1997 , Atmospheric chemistry studies of exhaust from vehicles operating with reformulated fuel, in Air & Waste Management Association, Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 9oth, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 8-13, 1997, [Proceedings]: AWMA, 97-RP139.04.

Lopes, T.J., and Bender, D.A., 1998 , Nonpoint sources of volatile organic compounds in urban areas--Relative importance of urban land surfaces and air: Environmental Pollution, v. 101, p. 221-230.

Lucier, George, Genter, Mary Beth, Lao, Y.J., Stopford, Woodhall, and Starr, Tom, 1995 , Summary of the carcinogenicity assessment of MTBE conducted by the Secretary's Scientific Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants: Environmental Health Perspectives, v. 103, no. 5, p. 420-422.

Malcom Pirnie, Inc., 1998 , Evaluation of the fate and transport of ethanol in the environment: Prepared for American Methanol Institute, Oakland, Calif., Malcome Pirnie, Inc., 58 p.

Mancini, E.R., Stubblefield, W.A., and Tillquist, H., 1998 , Important ecological risk assessment parameters for MTBE and other gasoline oxygenates, in The Southwest Focused Ground Water Conference--Discussing the Issue of MTBE and Perchlorate in Ground Water, Anaheim, Calif., June3-4, 1998, [Proceedings]: Anaheim, Calif., National Ground Water Association, p. 63-66.

Mohr, S.N., Fiedler, Nancy, Weisel, Clifford, and Kelly-McNeil, Kathie, 1994 , Health effects of MTBE among New Jersey garage workers: Inhalation Toxicology, v. 6, no. 6, p. 553-562.

National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, 1996 , Interagency assessment of potential health risks associated with oxygenated gasoline: Interagency Oxygenated Fuels Assessment Steering Committee, Office of the President, 84 p.

Pankow, J.F., Thomson, N.R., Johnson, R.L., Baehr, A.L., and Zogorski, J.S., 1997 , The urban atmosphere as a non-point source for the transport of MTBE and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to shallow groundwater: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 31, no. 10, p. 2821-2828.

Pankow, J.F., Thomson, N.R., and Johnson, R.L., 1996 , Modeling the atmospheric inputs of MTBE to groundwater systems [abs.], in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry abstract book, 17th, Washington, D.C., November 17-21, 1996: Washington, D.C., SETAC, p. 115.

Piel, W.J., 1995 , MTBE use and possible occurrences in water supplies: ARCO Chemical Company, May 10, 4 p.

Prager, J.C., ed., 1992 , Methyl tert-butyl ether, in Dangerous properties of industrial materials report: v. 12, no. 3, p. 381-394.

Schade, G.W., Dreyfus, G.B., and Goldstein, A.H., 2002 , Atmospheric methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) at a rural mountain site in California: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 31, no. 4, p. 1088-1094.

Schifter, Isaac, Diaz, Luis, Avalos, Sergio, Vera, Mario, Barrera, Adrian, and Lopez-Salinas, Esteban, 2000 , Effect of methy tertiary butyl ether concentrations on exhaust emissions from gasoline used in the metropolitan area of Mexico City: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, v. 50, no. 4, p. 488-494.

Smith, D.F., Kleindienst, T.E., Hudgens, E.E., McIver, C.D., and Bufalini, J.J., 1992 , Kinetics and mechanism of the atmospheric oxidation of ehtyl tertiary butyl ether: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, v. 24, p. 199-215.

Smith, D.F., Kleindienst, T.E., Hudgens, E.E., McIver, C.D., and Bufalini, J.J., 1991 , The photooxidation of methyl tertiary butyl ether: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, v. 23, no. 10, p. 907-924.

Smith, D.F., McIver, C.D., and Kleindienst, T.E., 1995 , Kinetics and mechanism of the atmospheric oxidation of tertiary amyl methyl ether: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, v. 27, p. 453-472.

Smith, S.L., and Duffy, L.K., 1995 , Odor and health complaints with Alaskan gasolines: Chemical Health & Safety, v. 2, no. 3, p. 32-38.

Squillace, P.J., Pankow, J.F., and Zogorski, J.S., 1998 , Environmental behavior and fate of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), in The Southwest Focused Ground Water Conference--Discussing the Issue of MTBE and Perchlorate in Ground Water, Anaheim, Calif., June 3-4, 1998 [Proceedings]: Anaheim, Calif., National Ground Water Association, p. 4-9.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997 , Drinking water advisory--Consumer acceptability advice and health effects analysis on methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MtBE): Washington, D.C., Office of Water, EPA-822-F-97-009, 43 p.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993 a, Assessment of potential health risks of gasoline oxygenated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE): Washington, D.C., Office of Research and Development, EPA/600/R-93/206, 50 p.

Vainiotalo, Sinikka, Peltonen, Yrjo, and Pfaffli, Pirkko, 1998 , MTBE concentrations in ambient air in the vicinity of service stations: Atmospheric Environment, v. 32, no. 20, p. 3503-3509.

Wallington, T.J., Andino, J.M., Potts, A.R., Rudy, S.J., Siegl, W.O., Zhang, Z., Kurylo, M.J., and Hule, R.E., 1993 , Atmospheric chemsitry of automotive fuel additives--Diisopropyl ether: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 27, no. 1, p. 98-104.

Wallington, T.J., Dagaut, Philippe, Liu, Renzhang, and Kurylo, M.J., 1988 , Gas-phase reactions of hydroxyl radicals with the fuel additives methyl tert-butyl ether and tert-butyl alcohol over the temperature range 240-440 K: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 22, no. 7, p. 842-844.

Wallington, T.J., and Japar, S.M., 1991 , Atmospheric chemistry of diethyl ether and ethyl tert-butyl ether: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 25, no. 3, p. 410-415.

Welke, Birgit, Ettlinger, Karin, and Riederer, Markus, 1998 , Sorption of volatile organic chemicals in plant surfaces: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 32, no. 8, p. 1099-1104.

Williams, C.H., Crow, W.L., and Lewandowski, P.S., 1990 , Evaluation of community exposure to airborne SARA Title III section 313 chemicals emitted from petroleum refineries: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Waste Management Association, Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory and Waste Management Association, Measurement of toxic and related air pollutants, Journal Code 33847, p. 948-954.

Woolfenden, Elizabeth, 1997 , Monitoring VOCs in air using sorbent tubes followed by thermal desorption-capillary GC analysis--Summary of data and practical guidelines: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Asssociation, v. 47, p. 20-36.

Zhao, Xiaohong, Smith, S.L., and Duffy, L.K., 1995 , Effects of ethanol as an additive on odor detection thresholds of Alaskan gasolines at sub-arctic temperatures: Chemosphere, v. 31, no. 11/12, p. 4531-4540.

Zogorski, J.S., Delzer, G.C., Bender, D.A., Squillace, P.J., Lopes, T.J., Baehr, A.L., Stackelberg, P.E., Landmeyer, J.E., Boughton, C.J., Lico, M.S., Pankow, J.F., Johnson, R.L., and Thomson, N.R., 1998 , MTBE--Summary of findings and research by the U.S. Geological Survey, in 1998 Annual Conference of Water Quality, June 21-25, 1998, Dallas, Texas [Proceedings]: American Water Works Association, v. D, p. 287-309.

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