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Allen, Mark, and Grande, Dave, 1995 , Reformulated gasoline air monitoring study: Madison, State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Natural Resources, American Petroleum Institute Publication AM-175-95, 50 p.

American Petroleum Institute, 1990 , A compilation of field-collected cost and treatment effectiveness data for the removal of dissolved gasoline components from groundwater: Washington, D.C., Health and Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4525, 200 p.

Anderson, H.A., Hanrahan, Lawrence, Goldring, Jay, and Delaney, Bryan, 1995 , An investigation of health concerns attributed to reformulated gasoline use in southeastern Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health, Bureau of Public Health, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Prevention, Final report, 99 p.

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., Kauffman, L.J., Charles, E.G., Baker, R.J., Stackelberg, P.E., Ayers, M.A., and Zapecza, O.S., 1999 , Sampling throughout the hydrologic cycle to characterize sources of volatile organic compounds in ground water, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxics Hydrology Program--Technical Meeting, Volume 3, Subsurface Contamination from Point Sources, Charleston, S.C., Mar. 8-12, 1999 [Proceedings]: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 99-4018C, p. 21-26.

Baehr, A.L., Stackelberg, P.E., Baker, R.J., Kauffman, L.J., Hopple, J.A., and Ayers, M.A., 1997 , Design of a sampling network to determine the occurrence and movement of methyl tert-butyl ether and other organic compounds through the urban hydrologic cycle, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, p. 400-401.

Baehr, A.L., and Zapecza, O.S., 1998 , Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other volatile organic compounds in lakes in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, summer 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report WRIR 98-4264, 8 p.

Baur, Christoph, Kim, Bongsoo, Jenkins, P.E., and Cho, Yong-Seok, 1990 , Performance analysis of SI engine with ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) as a blending component in motor gasoline and comparison with other blending components, in Nelson, P.A., Schertz, W.W., and Till, R.H., eds., Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 25th, [Proceedings]: v. 4: New York, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, p. 337-342.

Boughton, C.J., and Lico, M.S., 1998 , Volatile organic compounds in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and California, July-September 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-055-98, 2 p.

Brown, J.S., Bay, S.M., Greenstein, D., and Ray, W.R., 2001 , Concentrations of methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in inputs and receiving waters of Southern California: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 42, no. 10, p. 957-966.

Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996 , Shallow ground-water quality beneath a major urban center--Denver, Colorado, USA: Journal of Hydrology, v. 186, p. 129-151.

Byrnes, J.P., Briglia, J.E., and Bealer, L.J.B., 1997 , Purge vs. no purge for sampling BTEX and MTBE in groundwater, in Kostecki, P.T., Calabrese, E.J., and Bonazountas, Marc, eds., Contaminated Soils: Amherst, Mass., Amherst Scientic Publishers, v. 2, p. 681-693.

Chang, Tan-yueh "Philip", Winkley, W.B., and Montgomery, J.H., 1998 , Utilizing Baetsle's equation to model the fate and migration of MTBE in groundwater, 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. 18-30.

Clayton Environmental Consultants, 1993 , Gasoline vapor exposure assessment at service stations: Washington, D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4553, May, 140 p.

Daly, M.H., and Lindsey, B.D., 1996 , Occurrence and concentrations of volatile organic compounds in shallow ground water in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylania and Maryland: Denver, Colo., U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4141, 8 p.

Daniel, R.A., 1995 , Intrinsic bioremediation of BTEX and MTBE--Field, laboratory and computer modeling studies: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, Master's thesis, 325 p.

Delzer, G.C., Zogorski, J.S., and Lopes, T.J., 1997 , Occurrence of the gasoline oxygenate MTBE and BTEX compounds in municipal stormwater in the United States, 1991-95, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 374-376.

Delzer, G.C., and Setmire, J.G., 1999 , Quality of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) data for ground-water samples collected during 1993-95 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-101-99, 4 p.

Grady, S.J., 1997 , Distribution of MTBE in ground water in New England by aquifer type and land use, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 392-394.

Grady, S.J., 1997 , Volatile organic compounds in ground water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1993-1995: U.S. Geologcial Survey Fact Sheet FS-029-97, 6 p.

Grady, S.J., 1996 , Detections of MTBE in surficial and bedrock aquifers in New England [abs.], in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting abstract book, 17th, Washington, D.C., November 17-21, 1996: Washington, D.C., SETAC, p. 115.

Grady, S.J., and Mullaney, J.R., 1998 , Natural and human factors affecting shallow water quality in surficial aquifers in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 98-4042, 81 p.

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.

Green, Aaron, Paillet, F.L., and Gurrieri, J.T., 1992 , A multi-faceted evaluation of a gasoline contaminated bedrock aquifer in Connecticut [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 3, p. 25.

Gregorski, David, 1995 , Special study report--Investigating the relationship between the use of a gasoline additive (MTBE) and ambient air formaldehyde levels: Hartford, Conn., Bureau of Air Management, Monitoring and Radiation Division, Department of Environmental Protection, 17 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.

Halden, R.U., Happel, A.M., Schoen, S.R., 2001 , Evaluation of standard methods for the analysis of methyl tert-butyl ether and related oxygenates in gasoline-contaminated groundwater: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 35, no. 7, p. 1469-1474.

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.

Hardisty, P.E., and Schroder, R.A., 1996 , Fracture-controlled transport of MTBE, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 13-15, Proceedings: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 31-44.

Hartle, Richard, 1993 , Exposure to methyl tert-butyl ether and benzene among service station attendants and operators: Environmental Health Perspectives Supplements, v. 101, suppl. 6, p. 23-26.

Hubbard, C.E., Barker, J.F., O'Hannesin, S.F., Vandegriendt, M., and Gillham, R.W., 1994 , Transport and fate of dissolved methanol, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, and monoaromatic hydrocarbons in a shallow sand aquifer: Washington, D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4601, 102 p.

Hubbard, C.E., Barker, J.F., and Vandegriendt, M., 1994 , Transport and fate of dissolved methanol, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, and monoaromatic hydrocarbons in a shallow sand aquifer--Appendix H--Laboratory biotransformation studies: Washington, D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4601, 75 p.

Hurt, K.L., Wilson, J.T., Beck, F.P., and Cho, J.S., 1999 , Anaerobic biodegradation of MTBE in a contaminated aquifer, in Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, Andrea, eds., Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Other Organic Compounds, V. 1, Fifth International In Situ and Onsite Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, Calif., April 19-22, 1999 [Proceedings]: Columbus, Ohio, Battelle Publications, p. 103-114.

Johnson, Ted, McCoy, Michael, and Wisbith, Tony, 1994 [1995], A study to characterize air concentrations of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) at service stations in the Northeast: Washington, D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4619, 131 p.

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.

Kirchstetter, T.W., Singer, B.C., Harley, R.A., Kendall, G.R., and Hesson, J.M., 1999 , Impact of California reformulated gasoline on motor vehicle emissions--2. volatile organic compound speciation and reactivity: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 33, no. 2, p. 329-336.

Kolpin, D.W.Squillace, P.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Barbash, J.E., 1997 , Pesticides and volatile organic compounds in shallow urban groundwater of the United States, in Chilton, John and others, eds., Congress on Groundwater in the Urban Environment [Proceedings]: Netherlands, A.A., Balkema, p. 469-474.

Kramer, W.H., 1998 , Evaluation of subsurface utilities and indoor air environments as migration pathways and points of exposure in RBCA site assessment, 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. 267-298.

Lindstrom, A.B., and Pleil, J.D., 1996 , Alveolar breath sampling and analysis to exposures to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) during motor vehicle refueling: Journal of Air & Waste Management, v. 46, no. 7, p. 676-682.

Lioy, P.J., Weisel, C.P., Jo, Wan-Kuen, Pellizzari, Edo, and Raymer, J.H., 1994 , Microenvironmental and personal measurements of methyl-tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) associated with automobile use activities: Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, v. 4, no. 4, p. 427-441.

Love, J.T., Delzer, G.C., Abney, S.R., and Zogorski, J.S., 1998 , Study design and analytical results used to evaluate stability of volatile organic compounds in water matrices: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, OFR 98-637, 156 p.

Lyons, C.E., and Fox, R.J., 1993 , Quantifying the air pollution emissions reduction effectiveness and costs of oxygenated fuels, in Society of Automotive Engineering, ed., New developments in alternative fuels and gasolines for SI and CI engines [Spec. Pub.]: SAE, SP-958, p. 61-75.

Maine MTBE Drinking Water Study, 1998 , The presence of MTBE and other gasoline compounds in Maine's drinking water--Preliminary report: Bureau of Health, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Waste Management & Remediation, Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Geological Survey, and Department of Conservation, 23 p.

Mannino, D.M., Schreiber, Judith, Aldous, Kenneth, Ashley, David, Moolenaar, Ronald, and Almaguer, Daniel, 1995 , Human exposure to volatile organic compounds--A comparison of organic vapor monitoring badge levels with blood levels: International Archives of Occupational Environmental Health, v. 67, no. 1, p. 59-64.

Moolenaar, R.L., Hefflin, B.J., Ashley, D.L., Middaugh, J.P., and Etzel, R.A., 1994 , Methyl tertiary butyl ether in human blood after exposure to oxygenated fuel in Fairbanks, Alaska: Archives of Environmental Health, v. 49, no. 5, p. 402-409.

Mormile, M.R., Liu, Shi, and Suflita, J.M., 1994 , Anaerobic biodegradation of gasoline oxygenates--Extrapolation of information to multiple sites and redox conditons: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 28, no. 9, p. 1727-1732.

National Loss Control Service Corporation, A Division of Kemper Risk Management Services, 1995 , Service station personnel exposures to oxygenated fuel components--1994: Washington, D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4625, 71 p.

O'Brien, A.K., Reiser, R.G., and Gylling, Helle, 1997 , Spatial variability of volatile organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New York and in New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-194-97, 6 p.

Palassis, John, Hartle, R.W., and Holtz, J.L., 1993 , A method for determination of methyl tert-butyl ether in gasoline vapors and liquid gasoline samples: Applied Occupational Environmental Hygiene, v. 8, no. 11, p. 964-969.

Pereira, P.A.P., Santos, E.T.S., Ferreira, T.F., and Andrade, J.B., 1999 , Determination of methanol and ethanol by gas chromatrography following air sampling onto florisil cartridges and their concentration at urban sites in the three largest cities in Brazil: Talanta, v. 49, no. 2, p. 245-252.

Poore, Michael, Chang, Ben, Niyati, Ferri, and Madden, Steven, 1997 , Sampling and analysis of methyl t-butyl ether in ambient air at selected locations in California, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 407.

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

Reid, J.B., Reisinger, H.J.,II, Bartholomae, P.G., Gray,J.C., and Hullman, A.S., 1999 , A comparative assessment of the long-term behavior of MtBE and benzene plumes in Florida, USA, in Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, Andrea, eds., Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Other Organic Compounds, V. 1, Fifth International In Situ and Onsite Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, Calif., April 19-22, 1999 [Proceedings]: Columbus, Ohio, Battelle Publications, p. 97-102.

Reuter, J.E., Allen, B.C., Richards, R.C., Pankow, J.F., Goldman, C.R., Sholl, R.L., and Seyfried, J.S., 1998 , Concentrations, sources, and fate of the gasoline oxygenat methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in a multiple-use lake: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 32, mo. 23, p. 3666-3672.

Robbins, G.A., Henebry, B.J., Cummins, T.M., Goad, C.R., and Gilbert, E.J., 2000 , Occurrence of MTBE in heating oil and diesel fuel in Connecticut: Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, v. 20, no. 4, p. 82-86.

Salanitro, J.P., Spinnler, G.E., Neaville, C.C., Maner, P.M., Stearns, S.M., Johnson, P.C., and Bruce, C., 1999 , Demonstration of the enhanced MTBE bioremediation (EMB) in situ process, in Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, Andrea, eds., In Situ Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Other Organic Compounds, V. 3, Fifth International In Situ and Onsite Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, Calif., April 19-22, 1999 [Proceedings]: Columbus, Ohio, Battelle Publications, p. 37-46.

Schirmer, Mario, Barker, J.F., Hubbard, C.E., Church, C.D., Pankow, J.F., and Tratnyek, P.G., 1997 , The Borden field experiment--Where has the MTBE gone?, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 415-417.

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.

Stackelberg, P.E., Hopple, J.A., and Kauffman, L.F., 1997 , Occurrence of nitrate, pesticides, and volatile organic compounds in Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer System, Southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report WRIR 97-4241, 8 p.

Stackelberg, P.E., O'Brien, A.K., and Terracciano, S.A., 1997 , Occurrence of MTBE in surface and ground water, Long Island, New York, and New Jersey, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 394-397.

Taylor, J.R., and O'Brien, T.J., 1993 , Evaluating residential water supply wells in a fractured bedrock aquifer contaminated with MTBE--A case study: Ground Water Management, v. 16, p. 929-937.

Terracciano, S.A., and O'Brien, A.D., 1997 , Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in streams on Long Island, New York, and in New Jersey--Overview of available data and reconnaissance sampling: U.S. Geological Survey Fact sheet, FS-063-97, 4 p.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993 b, An investigation of exposure to MTBE and gasoline among motorists and exposed workers in Albany, New York: Atlanta, Ga., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, and New York State Department of Health, 24 p.

Wardwell, D.A., 1999 , Groundwater flow sensor monitoring of air sparging, in Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, Andrea, eds., In Situ Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Other Organic Compounds, V. 3, Fifth International In Situ and Onsite Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, Calif., April 19-22, 1999 [Proceedings]: Columbus, Ohio, Battelle Publications, p. 47-57.

White, M.C., Johnson, C.A., Ashley, D.L., Buchta, T.M., and Pelletier, D.J., 1995 , Exposure to methyl tertiary-butyl ether from oxygenated gasoline in Stamford, Connecticut: Archives of Environmental Health, v. 50, no. 3, p. 183-189.

Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Reeves, H.W., Aelion, C.M., and Holbrooks, K.D., 1995 , Investigation of soil venting-based remediation at a UST site in the Appalachian Piedmont, in Schepart, B.S., ed., Bioremediation of pollutants in soil and water: Philadelphia, Pa., American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication 1235, p. 135-148.

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.

Worthington, M.A., and Perez, E.J., 1993 , Dating gasoline releases using ground-water chemical analyses--Case studies: Ground Water Mangement, v. 17, p. 203-217.

Yeh, C.K., and Novak, J.T., 1995 , The effect of hydrogen peroxide on the degradation of methyl and ethyl tert-butyl ether in soils: Water Environment Research, v. 67, no. 5, p. 828-834.

Zapecza, O.S., and Baehr, A.L., 1999 , Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in lakes in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, 1998, and implications for ground water vulnerability, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxics Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Volume. 2, Contamination of Hydrologic Systems and Related Ecosystems Charleston, S.C., Mar. 8-12, 1999 [Proceedings]: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 99-4018B, p. 405-414.

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