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Acero, J.L., Haderlein, S.B., Schmidt, T.C., Suter, M.J.-F., and Gunten, U.V., 2001 , MTBE oxidation by conventional ozonation and the combination ozone/hydrogen peroxide--Efficiency of the processes and bromate formation: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 35, no. 21, p. 4252-4259.

Beckenbach, E.H., and Happel, A.M., 1998 , Methyl tertiary butyl ether plume evolution at California LUFT sites, 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. 15.

Brown, Anthony, Farrow, J.R.C., Rodriguez, R.A., and Johnson, B.J., 1998 , Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination of the city of Santa Monica drinking water supply - an update, 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. 16-25.

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.

California Environmental Protection Agency, 1997 , MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether): California Environmental Protection Agency, 23 p.

Clark, J.J., Rodriquez, R.A., Brown, A., and Jonhson, B.J., 1998 , Public health implications of MTBE and perchlorate in water--Risk management decisions for water purveyors, 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. 67-70.

Clark, J.J.J., 2002 , tert-butyl alchohol--Chemical properties, production and use, fate and transport, toxicology, and detection in groundwater and regulatory standards, in Diaz, A.F., and Drogos, D.L., eds., Oxygenates in Gasoline--Environmental Aspects, Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, ACS Symposium Series 799, p. 92-106.

Crowley, J.S., and Tulloch, Chris, 1998 , Santa Clara Valley Water District's leaking UST oversight program "MTBE issues in Santa Clara County ground water supplies", 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. 26-35.

Dale, M.S., Koch, Bart, Losee, R.F., Crofts, E.W., and Davis, M.K., 2000 , MTBE in Southern California water--Motorized recreation watercraft were the predominant mode of contamination in reservoirs: Journal American Water Works Association, v. 92, no. 8, p. 42-51.

Davidson, J.M., 1995 a, Fate and transport of MTBE--The latest data, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., 1995, [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 285-301.

Fenelon, J.M., and Moore, R.C., 1996 , Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in ground water in the White River Basin, Indiana, 1994-95: U.S.Geological Survey Fact Sheet, FS-138-96, 4 p.

Fischer, W., 2003 , An evaluation of tertiary-butyl alcohol for the development of a drinking water action level in Delaware: Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, v. 23, no. 2, p. 56-63.

Gilbert, C.E., and Calabrese, E.J., 1992 , Developing a standard for methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water, in Gilbert, C.E. and Calabrese, E.J., eds., Regulating drinking water quality: Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis Publishers, Inc., p. 231-252.

Gomez-Taylor, M.M., Abernathy, C.O., and Du, J.T., 1997 , Drinking water health advisory for methyl tertiary-butyl ether, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 370-372.

Graves, K.L, and MacLeod, N.S., 1998 , A basin protection strategy for sites with MTBE impacts, 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. 71-75.

Happel, A.M., Beckenbach, E.H., and Halden, R.U., 1998 , An evaluation of MTBE impacts to California groundwater resources: Livermore, Calif., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UCRL-AR-130897, 68 p.

Hartley, W.R., Englande, A.J., Jr., and Harrington, D.J., 1999 , Health risk assessment of groundwater contaminated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE): Water Science Technology, v. 39, no. 10-11, p. 305-310.

Hartley, W.R., and Englande, A.J., Jr., 1992 , Health risk assessment of the migration of unleaded gasoline--A model for petroleum products: Water Science & Technology, v. 25, no. 3, p. 65-72.

Keller, Arturo, Froines, John, Koshland, Catherine, Reuter, John, Irwin, Suffet, and Last, Jerold, 1998 , Health and Environmental Assessment of MTBE, Report to the governor and legislature of the State of California as sponsored by SB 521: University of California, UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, v. 1, Summary & Recommendations, 63 p.

Klan, M.J., and Carpenter, M.J., 1994 , A risk-based drinking water concentration for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., November 2-4, 1994: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 107-115.

Lawuyi, Richard, and Fingas, Merv, 1997 , Environmental impact of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), in Technical Seminar of Chemical Spills, 14th, [Proceedings]: Ottawa, Ontario, Environment Canada, p. 127-141.

Mace, R.E., and Choi, Wan-Joo, 1998 , The size and behavior of MTBE plumes in Texas, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 11-13, 1998 [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 1-11.

McKinnon, R.J., and Dyksen, J.E., 1984 , Removing organics from groundwater through aeration plus GAC: Journal of the American Water Works Association, v. 76, no. 5, p. 42-47.

Mehlman, M.A., 1995 , Dangerous and cancer-causing properties of products and chemicals in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, Part XV. Health hazards and health risks from oxygenated automobile fuels (MTBE)--Lessons not heeded: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, v. 4, no. 2, p. 17.

New York, 1993 , Fact Sheet--Village of Liberty water supply system: Department of Health, State of New York, 3 p.

Oxygenated Fuels Association, 1998 , Modeling the volatilization of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from surface impoundments: Arlington, Va., Oxygenated Fuels Association, 44 p.

Oxygenated Fuels Association, 1998 , Taste and odor properties of methyl tertiary-butyl ether and implications for setting secondary maximum contaminant level: Arlington, Va., Oxygenated Fuels Association, 46 p.

Patterson, G.J., 1998 , Potential claims for water purveyors impacted by MTBE or perchlorate, 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. 78-85.

Post, Gloria, 1994 , Methyl tertiary butyl ether health-based maximum contaminant level support document, in New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute, Maximum contaminant level recomendations for hazardous contaminants in drinking water--Appendix A--Health-based maximum contaminant level support documents and addenda: Trenton, N.J., Division of Science and Research, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, July [September 26], 16 p.

Schmidt, T.C., Morgenroth, E., Schirmer, M., Effenberger, M., and Haderlein, S.B., 2002 , Use and occurrence of fuel oxygenates in Europe, in Diaz, A.F., and Drogos, D.L., eds., Oxygenates in Gasoline--Environmental Aspects, Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, ACS Symposium Series 799, p. 58-79.

Schorr, Paul, 1994 , Appendix E--Occurrence, treatability and estimated statewide costs to achieve a proposed maximum contaminant level of 70 ppb for methyl tertiary butyl ether in public and nonpublic drinking water systems in New Jersey: Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 33 p.

Squillace, P.J., Zogorski, J.S., Wilber, W.G., and Price, C.V., 1996 , Preliminary assessment of the occurrence and possible sources of MTBE in groundwater in the United States, 1993-1994: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 30, no. 5, p. 1721-1730.

State of Maryland, 2001 , Final report--Task force on the environmental effects of (methyl tertiary butyl ether) MTBE:, 33 p. http://www.mde.state.md.us/was/pdf/mtbe_finalreport.pdf.

Stocking, A.J., Suffet, I.H., McGuire, M.J., and Kavanaugh, M.C., 2001 , Implications of an MTBE odor study for setting drinking water standards: Journal American Water Works Association, v. 93, no. 3, p. 95-105.

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, 1996 , Drinking water regulations and health advisories: Washington, D.C., Office of Water, EPA 822-R-96-001, 16 p.

Williams, P.R.D., 2001 , MTBE in California drinking water--An analysis of patterns and trends: Environmental Forensics, v. 2, no. 1, p. 75-86.

Zogorski, J.S., Baehr, A.L., Bauman, B.M., Conrad, D.L., Drew, R.T., Korte, N.E., Lapham, W.W., Morduchowitz, A., Pankow, J.F., and Washington, E.R., 1997 , Significant findings and water-quality recommendations of the Interagency Oxygenated Fuel Assessment, in Kostecki, P.T., Calabrese, E.J., and Bonazountas, Marc, eds., Contaminated Soils: Amherst, Mass, Amherst Scientific Publishers, v. 2, p. 661-679.

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.

Zogorski, J.S., Morduchowitz, A.M., Baehr, A.L, Bauman, B.J., Conrad, D.L., Drew, R.T., Korte, N.E., Lapham, W.W., Pankow, J.F., and Washington, E.R., 1996 , Fuel oxygenates and water quality--Current understanding of sources, occurrence in natural waters, environmental behavior, fate, and significance--Final Report: Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, 37 p. with attachments. [Also published by National Science and Technology Council, 1997, Interagency assessment of oxygenated fuels, Chap. 2, Fuel oxygenates and water quality: Washington, DC, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Exectutive Office of the President, p. 2-1--2-80.]

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