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American Petroleum Institute, 2000 , Strategies for characterizing subsurface releases of gasoline containing MTBE: Washington, D.C., Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Publication No. 4699, 57 p.

American Petroleum Institute, 1998 , Ten frequently asked questions about MTBE in water: Washington, D.C., Health and Safety Department, American Petroleum Institute Soil and Groundwater Research, Technical Bulletin No. 3, 2 p.

Ames, T.T., and Grulke, E.A., 1995 , Group contribution method for predicting equilibria of nonionic organic compounds between soil organic matter and water: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 29, no. 9, p. 2273-2279.

Brown, Anthony, Farrow, J.R.C., Rodriquez, R.A., Jonhson, B.J., and Bellomo, A.J., 1997 , Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MtBE) contamination of the city of Santa Monica drinking water supply, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 12-14, [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association, and American Petroleum Institute, p. 35-59.

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.

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.

Carpenter, P.L., and Vinch, C.A., 1997 , Remediation of overlapping benzene/MTBE and MTBE-only plumes--A case study, in Stanley, Anne, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 12-14, 1997, [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 74-88.

Chard, Julie, Ferro, A.M., and Greene, Jonathan, 2001 , Recent advances in phytoremediation of MTBE groundwater plumes: Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water, Special Oxygenated Fuels Issue, Spring 2001, p. 72-76.

Chen, C.T., and Tafuri, A.T., 1995 , Oxidation of methyl-t-butyl ether (MTBE) using Fenton's Reagent, in Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 88th, San Antonio, Tex., June 18-23, 1995 [Proceedings]: San Antonio, Tex., Air & Waste Management Association, p. 1-15.

Corcho, D., Linton, J.D., Watkinson, R.J., and Lerner, D., 1998 , Biodegradation of methyl tert-butyl ether by a mixed bacterial culture: Contaminated Soil, p. 919-920.

Creek, D.M., and Davidson, J.M., 1998 , The performance and cost of MTBE remediation technologies, 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. 560-568.

Davidson, J.M., and Parsons, Rick, 1996 , Remediating MTBE with current and emerging technologies, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 13-15, 1996, [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 15-29.

Duffy, J.S., Del Pup, J.A., and Kneiss, J.J., 1992 , Toxicological evaluation of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)--Testing performed under TSCA consent agreement: Journal of Soil Contamination, v. 1, no. 1, p. 29-37.

Finneran, Kevin, Lovley, Derek, and Moyer, Ellen, 2001 , Anaerobic strategies for enhanced MTBE and TBA bioremediation: Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water, Special Oxygenated Fuels Issue, Spring 2001, p. 91-94.

Garnier, P.M., Auria, R., and Revah, S., 2000 , Cometabolic biodegradation of methyl tert-butyl ether by a soil consortium: effect of components present in gasoline: Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, v. 46, no. 2, p. 79-84.

Garnier, Patrice, Auria, Richard, Magana, Miguel, and Revah, Sergio, 1999 , Cometabolic biodegradation of methyl T-butyl ether by a soil consortium, 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. 31-35.

Hickman, G.T., Novak, J.T., Morris, M.S., and Rebhun, M., 1989 , Effects of site variations on subsurface biodegradation potential: Journal WPCF, v. 61, no. 9, p. 1564-1575.

Hickman, G.T., and Novak, J.T., 1989 , Relationship between subsurface biodegradation rate and microbial density: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 23, no. 5, p. 525-532.

Hitzig, Robert, Kostecki, Paul, and Leonard, Denise, 1998 , Study reports LUST programs are feeling effects of MTBE releases: Soil & Groundwater Cleanup, Aug.-Sept. Issue, p. 15-19.

Jensen, H.M., and Arvin, Erik, 1990 , Solubility and degradability of the gasoline additive MTBE, methyl tert-butyl-ether, and gasoline compounds in water, in Arendt, F., Hinsenveld, M., and van den Brink, W.J., eds., Contaminated Soil '90: Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 445-448.

Johnson, R.L., and Grady, D.E., 1997 , Remediation of a fractured clay soil contaminated with gasoline containing MTBE, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., Nov. 12-14, 1997, Proceedings: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 60-73.

Keller, A.A., Sirivithayapakorn, Sanya, and Kram, Mark, 1999 , Remediation of MTBE-Contaminated water and soil: Remediation, Journal of Environmental Cleanup costs, Technologies and Techniques, v. 10, no. 1, p. 55-67.

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.

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.

Novak, J.T., Yeh, Carol, Gullic, David, Eichenberger, John, and Benoit, R.E., 1992 , The influence of microbial ecology on subsurface degradation of petroleum contaminants: Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VPI-VWRRC-BULL 177, 76 p.

Rathbun, R.E., 1998 , Transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds in streams: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1589, 151 p.

Robb, Joseph, and Moyer, Ellen, 2001 , Natural attenuation of benzene and MTBE at four midwestern retail gasoline marketing outlets: Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water, Special Oxygenated Fuels Issue, Spring 2001, p. 64-71.

Rong, Yue, 1998 , Soil remediation concentration for methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether by Monte Carlo simulation modeling in Wickramanayake, G.B., and Hinchee, R.E., eds., Risk, Resource, and Regulatory Issues--First international conference on remediation of chlorinated and recalcitrant compounds, Monterey, Calif., May 18-21 [Proceedings]: Battelle Press, p. 105-110.

Salanitro, J.P., Chou, Chi-Su, Wisniewski, H.L., and Vipond, T.E., 1998 , Perspectives on MTBE biodegradation and the potential for in situ aquifer bioremediation, 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., Naitonal Ground Water Association, p. 40-54.

Salanitro, J.P., Wisniewski, H.L., and Dortch, I.J., 1992 , Effects of dissolved oxygen on biodegradation of gasoline components in saturated soil columns [abs.], in Abstracts of the 92nd general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology: American Society for Microbiology, v. 92, p. 354.

Schroll, R., Bierling, B., Cao, G., Doerfler, U., Lahaniati, M., Langenbach, T., Scheunert, I., and Winkler, R., 1994 , Uptake pathways of organic chemicals from soil by agricultural plants: Chemosphere, v. 28, no. 2, p. 297-303.

Squillace, P.J., 1996 , A review of the environmental behavior and fate of fuel oxygenates [abs.], in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry abstract book, 17th, Washington, D.C., November 17-21, 1996: Washington, D.C., SETAC, p. 114-115.

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.

Thomson, J.A.M., 2001 , Intrinsic bioremediation of MTBE--An update: Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water, Special Oxygenated Fuels Issue, Spring 2001, p. 61-63.

Truong, K.N., and Parmele, C.S., 1992 , Cost-effective alternative treatment technologies for reducing the concentrations of methyl tertiary butyl ether and methanol in groundwater, in Calabrese, E.J. and Kostecki, P.T., eds., Hydrocarbon contaminated soils and groundwater, v. 2: Chelsea, Mich., Lewis Pulbishers, Inc., p. 461-486.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1998 , MTBE fact sheet #2--Remediation of MTBE contaminated soil and groundwater: Washington, D.C., Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5 p.

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.

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, P.R.D., and Sheehan, P.J., 2001 , A better perspective on the incidence and implications of MTBE in California's drinking water: Contaminated Soil Sediment and Water, Special Oxygenated Fuels Issue, Spring 2001, p. 23-28.

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.

Yeh, C.K., and Novak, J.T., 1994 , Anaerobic biodegradation of gasoline oxygenates in soils: Water Environment Research, v. 66, no. 5, p. 744-752.

Yeh, C.K., and Novak, J.T., 1991 , Anaerobic biodegradation of oxygenates in the subsurface, in Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Restoration, Houston, Tex., November 20-22, 1991, Book 8 [Proceedings]: Houston, Tex., National Water Well Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 427-441.

Yeh, Kuei-Jyum, 1992 , Degradation of gasoline oxygenates in the subsurface [abs.]: Dissertation Abstracts International, v. 53, no. 2, p. 757-B.

Zenker, M.J., Borden, R.C., and Barlaz, M.A., 1999 , Investigation of the intrinsic biodegradation of alkyl and cyclic ethers, in Alleman, B.C., and Leeson, Andrea, eds., Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents, Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Other Organic Compounds, Fifth International In Situ and Onsite Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, Calif., April 19-22, 1999 [Proceedings]: Columbus, Ohio, Battelle Publications, p. 165-170.

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.

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