Clarification - MTBE

[SMILLER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Tim, while you are, of course, correct, you'll notice (see my original post)
that the only place I screwed up what the press said was in the Subject
of my post.  In the body of the post, I DID say that the requirement to use
MTBE OR OTHER OXYGENATES in the S.F. area was relaxed. 
Specifically, the only gas manufacturer to immediately take action on this
was Chevron, in their regular gas only.  Chevron uses MTBE and is
removing it from the regular gas they sell in the S.F. Bay Area only. 
Sorry for the confusion, I did not mean to spread mis-information, and
next time I'll try to remember to read my Subject line as carefully as the
body of my post before I screw up on this subject again.

Scott Miller
Golden Gate Chapter 
BMW CCA #44977

>Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 14:08:10 PDT
>From: "Tim Gergen" <m3gizmo@domain.elided>
>Subject: CA Relaxes MTBE Requirement
>
>OK, here we go again...Thr press, as I am sure many of you have
>noticed  before, some times screw up...California does not require the
>use of  MTBE. period.  The Feds require the use of an "oxygenate". 
>What CARB  did recently was to let areas that are in attainment for CO
>to not use  an oxygenate in thier fuels, not say "you don't have to use 
>MTBE",because CARB never did require it.
>
>Now, the refiners can us non-oxygenated fuels (cheaper) in those
>areas  and still sell it to you for the same price (if they desire). From 
>what  Ihave heard, I doubt many refiners willjump on this as they
>essentially  have to "re-tool" to make the regular gas now.,.but still have
>to sell  oxygenated fuels (as required by the FEDS) in the rest of the 
>state...So, maybe you will see non-oxy fuels in these areas, maybe you
>won't...but CARB never mandated it's use...period (again);P

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