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Congressional Testimony
On this page you will find testimony presented by EPA before US Congress on various fuels issues including reformulated gasoline (RFG), boutique fuels, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and gasoline prices.
Contact:
Barry Garelick, phone: (202) 564-9028, email:garelick.barry@epa.gov
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- Testimony on the role of RFG, EPA's efforts to respond to the President's Energy Policy regarding boutique fuels, and on-going actions to address the use of MTBE as a gasoline additive (4 pp, 89K, November 1, 2001) Presented by Jeffrey Holmstead, EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 1, 2001.
- Testimony on the role of RFG, comments to an initiative related to "boutique fuels" contained in the National Energy Policy, and EPA's decision regarding California's request for waiver of oxygen content in RFG (12 pp, 103K, June 21, 2001) Presented by Linda Fisher, EPA Deputy Administrator, before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 21, 2001.
- Testimony on the role of RFG, comments to an initiative related to "boutique fuels" contained in the National Energy Policy, and steps taken by Administrator Whitman to make the clean gasoline program more efficient and effective (13 pp, 57K, June 14, 2001) Presented by Rob Brenner, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs on June 14, 2001.
- Testimony on gasoline prices (9 pp, 101K, June 28, 2000) by Robert Perciasepe, EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Testimony on the Clinton Adminstration's recommendations and plans to reduce or eliminate the use of MTBE and boost the use alternatives like ethanol (7 pp, 75K, April 11, 2000) Presented by Robert Perciasepe, EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on April 11, 2000.
- Testimony on environmental benefits of RFG, update regarding the Agency's efforts to move forward on the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel and future steps to address oxygenates issues, and the status of California's request to waive the oxygen content requirement (7 pp, 66K, March 2, 2002) Presented by Robert Perciasepe, EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the House Committee on Commerce on March 2, 2000.
- Testimony on the environmental benefits of RFG and future steps that should be taken to address issues regarding the use of oxygenates in the program (7 pp, 59K, September 14, 1999) Presented by Margo T. Oge, EPA Director, Office of Mobile Sources, before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science on September, 14, 1999.
- Testimony on environmental benefits of RFG program, and issues raised by H.R. 630 which would potentially exempt CA gasoline in the federal RFG areas from the federal RFG requirements (e.g., 2% oxygen) (7 pp, 62K, April 22, 1998) Presented by Richard D. Wilson, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, before the House Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Committee on Commerce on April 22, 1998.
- Testimony on environmental benefits of RFG and issues raised by S. 1576 which would potentially exempt CA gasoline in the federal RFG areas from the federal RFG requirements (e.g., 2% oxygen content) (8 pp, 65K, Spetember 16, 1998) Presented by Margo T. Oge, EPA Director, Director of the Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and Radiation, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 16, 1998.
- Testimony on EPA activities to address environmental issues associated with MTBE (11 pp, 71K, December 9, 1997) Presented by Cynthia C. Dougherty, EPA Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on December 9, 1997 in Sacramento, California.