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Al-Farayedhi, A.A., Al-Dawood, A.M., and Gandhidasan, P., 2000 , Effects of blending MTBE with unleaded gasoline on exhaust emissions of SI engine: Journal of Energy Resources Technology, v. 122, no. 4, p. 239-247.

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.

Baehr, A.L., Charles, E.G., and Baker, R.J., 2001 , Methyl tert-butyl ether degradation in the unsaturated zone and the relation between MTBE in the atmosphere and shallow groundwater: Water Resources Research, v. 37, no. 2, p. 223-233.

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., 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.

Baehr, A.L., and Reilly, T.J., 2001 , Water quality and occurrence of methyl-tert butyl ether (MTBE) and other fuel related compounds in lakes and ground water at lakeside communities in Sussex and Morris Counties, New Jersey, 1998-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 01-4149, 86 p.

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.

Barreto, R.D., Gray, K.A., and Anders, Krista, 1995 , Photocatalytic degradation of methyl-tert-butyl ether in TiO2 slurries--a proposed reaction scheme: Water Resources, v. 29, no. 5, p. 1243-1248.

Borden, R.C., Daniel, R.A., LeBrun, L.E., IV, and Davis, C.W., 1997 , Intrinsic biodegradation of MTBE and BTEX in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer: Water Resources Research, v. 33, no. 5, p. 1105-1115.

California Environmental Protection Agency, 1994 , Effect of use of low oxygenate gasoline blends upon emissions from California vehicles: California Air Resources Board, Research Division, Contract No. A932-159, Sacramento, Calif., 157 p.

Church, C.D., Tratnyek, P.G., Pankow, J.F., Landmeyer, J.E., Baehr, A.L., Thomas, M.A., and Schirmer, Mario, 1999 , Effects of environmental conditions on MTBE degradation in model column aquifers, 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. 93-102.

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.

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.

Delzer, G.C., Zogorski, J.S., Lopes, T.J., and Bosshart, R.L., 1996 , Occurrence of the gasoline oxygenate MTBE and BTEX compounds in urban stormwater in the United States, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report WRIR 96-4145, 6 p.

Delzer, G.C., and Ivahnenko, Tamara, 2002 , Occurrence and temporal variability of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other volatile organic compounds in select sources of drinking water--Results of the focused survey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 02-4084, 65 p.

Delzer, G.C., and Ivahnenko, Tamara, 2001 , A review of literature for methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in sources of drinking water in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, OFR 01-322, 16 p.

Ging, P.B., Judd, L.J., and Wynn, K.H. 1997 , Water-quality assessment of South Central Texas--Occurrence and distribution of volatile organic compounds in surface water and ground water, 1983-94, and implications for future monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 97-4028, 20 p.

Gomez, J., Brasil, T., and Chan, N., 1998 , An overview of the use of oxygenates in gasoline: State of California, California Air Resources Board, 31 p.

Grady, S.J., 2002 , A National Survey of Methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile organic compounds in drinking-water sources--Results of the random survey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 02-4079, 85 p.

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.

Gullick, R.W., and LeChevallier, M.W., 2000 , Occurrence of MTBE in drinking water sources: American Water Works Association, v. 92, no.1, p. 100-113.

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.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2000 , Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) occurrence in Iowa--A report for the 2000 session of the seventy-eighth general assembly: Demoines, Iowa, Underground Storage Tank Section, 32 p.

Johnson, Richard, Pankow, James, Bender, David, Price, Curtis, and Zogorski, John, 2000 , MTBE--To what extent will past releases contaminate community water supply wells?: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 34, no. 9, p. 210A-217A.

Kawamura, Kimitaka, and Kaplan, I.R., 1993 , Organic compounds in the rainwater of Los Angeles: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 17, no. 8, p. 497-501.

Lahvis, M.A., Baker, R.J., and Baehr, A.L., 1999 , Mass transport of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) across the water table and significance for natural-attenuation remediation at a gasoline-spill site in Beaufort, S.C., 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. 75-86.

Lahvis, M.A., Baker, R.J., and Baehr, A.L., 1999 , Transport of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and hydrocarbons to ground water from gasoline spills in the unsaturated zone, 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. 113-120.

Lahvis, M.A., and Rehmann, L.C., 1999 , Simulation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) transport to ground water from immobile sources of gasoline in the vadose zone, in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation, Houston, Tex., Nov. 17-19, 1999 [Proceedings]: National Ground Water Association, and American Petroleum Institute, p., 247-259.

Landmeyer, J.E., Bradley, P.M., and Chapelle, F.H., 1999 , Fate of MTBE relative to benzene in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geologcial Survey Toxic Substances 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. 59-74.

Landmeyer, J.E., Chapelle, F.H., and Bradley, P.M., 1996 , Assessment of intrinsic bioremediation of gasoline contamination in the shallow aquifer, Laurel Bay Exchange, Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4026, 50 p.

Lopes, T.J., and Bender, D.A., 1998 , Nonpoint sources of volatile organic compounds in urban areas, in Source Water Assessment and Protection--A Technical Conference, Dallas, Tex., April 28-30 [Proceedings]: Fountain Valley, Calif., National Water Institute, p. 199-200.

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.

McCarthy, J.E., and Tiemann, Mary, 1998 , MTBE in Gasoline--Clean Air and drinking water issues: Congressional Research Service, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, 98-200 ENR, 10 p.

McMahon, P.B., and Bruce, B.W., 1997 , Distribution of terminal electron-accepting processes in an aquifer having multiple contaminant sources: Applied Geochemistry, v. 12, no. 4, p. 507-516.

Moran, M.J., Zogorski, J.S., and Squillace, P.J., 2003 , MTBE in groundwater of the U.S.--Occurrence, potential sources, and long-range transport, in Rapport, D.J., Lasley, W.L., Rolston, D.E., Nielsen, N.O., Qualset, C.O., and Damania, A.B., eds., Managing for Healthy Ecosystems: Boca Raton, Fla., Lewis Publishers, p. 1435-1446.

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.

Reetz, B., and Hofmeister, C.R., 2001 , Air stripping alleviates MTBE problem in small Kansas community: Upflow, v. 27, no. 5, p. 10-11.

Reiser, R.G., and O'Brien, A.K., 1998 , Occurrence and seasonal variability of volatile organic compounds in seven New Jersey streams: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 98-4074, 11 p.

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.

Rixey, W.G., and He, X., 2001 , Dissolution characteristics of ethanol from NAPL sources and the impact on BTX groundwater concentrations in Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, detection, and remediation, Houston, Tex., Nov.14-16, 2001 [Proceedings]: National Ground Water Association, p. 41-49.

Rose, D.L., and Sandstrom, M.W., 2003 , Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of gasoline oxygenates, selected degradates, and BTEX in water by heated purge and trap/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report WRIR 03-4079, 31p.

Shelton, J.L., Burrow, K.R., Belitz, Kenneth, Dubrovsky, N.M., Land, Michael, and Gronberg, JoAnn, 2001 , Low-level volatile organic compounds in active public supply wells as ground-water tracers in the Los Angeles Physiographic Basin, California, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report, WRIR 01-4188, Sacramento, Calif., 29 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.

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.

Task Force on Health Effects of Reformulated Gas, 1995 , Assessment of the health effects of reformulated gasoline in Maine: Clean Air Stakeholders Conference, The Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Maine State Legislature, May 1995, 40 p.

Wright, W.G., Jr., 2001 , Underground storage tanks: Gpsolo, v. 18, no. 3, p. 34-37.

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.

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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