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| NAWQA Program |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requested a comprehensive, interagency review of the winter oxygenated fuels program mandated under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 for potential health impacts, fuel economy and performance issues, as well as its benefits. The National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Committee on Environment and Natural Resources convened representatives of key Federal agencies and technical experts in government, industry, and academia to participate in the assessment of oxygenated fuels, which was completed in 1995-96. The final report's four chapters present a scientific state-of-understanding of the fundamental basis and efficacy of the USEPA's winter oxygenated fuels program. The four chapters included air quality, ground water and drinking water quality, fuel economy and engine performance, and the potential health effects of oxygenated gasoline.
The purpose of Chapter 2 "Fuel Oxygenates and Water Quality" was to address potential water quality issues associated with the production, distribution, storage and use of fuel oxygenates, and their movement in the hydrologic cycle. Summaries of the scientific literature, data, and agency information on the sources, concentrations, behavior and fate, and aqueous degradation products for the fuel oxygenates are presented in the chapter. Implications for drinking-water quality and aquatic life were also addressed. Recommendations for monitoring, follow-up assessments, and research efforts are also noted in Chapter 2.
Interagency Assessment of Oxygenated Fuels Water Quality Panel and Affiliations:
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Arthur L. Baehr, U.S. Geological Survey
Bruce J. Bauman, American Petroleum Institute
Dwayne L. Conrad, Texaco, Inc
Robert T. Drew, American Petroleum Institute
Nic E. Korte, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wayne W. Lapahm, U.S. Geological Survey
Abraham Morduchowitz (retired), Texaco, Inc.
James F. Pankow, Oregon Health and Science University
Evelyn R. Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
John S. Zogorski, U.S. Geological Survey
For additional information about Chapter 2 please contact:
John Zogorski
U.S. Geological Survey
1608 Mt. View Road
Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 355-4560, x214
jszogors@usgs.gov
National Science and Technology Council, 1997, Interagency assessment of oxygenated fuels (pdf version): Washington, DC, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Executive Office of the President, 259 p.
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 (pdf version): Washington, DC, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Executive Office of the President, p. 2-1--2-80.]
Zogorski, J.S., Baehr, A.L., Bauman, B.J., 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., October, 1996 [abs]: Amherst, Mass., Amherst Scientific Publishing, v. 2, p. 661-679.
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