ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASK SENATE TO OPPOSE MTBE LIMITED LIABILITY

Renewable Fuel News, June, 2005 by Gantz, Rachel

Twelve U.S. state attorneys general (AG) recently wrote to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to oppose any provision in energy legislation granting limited liability protection to MTBE producers.

"Granting MTBE manufacturers immunity from liability will impede efforts to clean up contamination caused by MTBE," the AGs from New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin wrote in May 27 letters to senators. "Common law claims against manufacturers, seeking either injunctive or monetary remedies, provide fundamental and essential tools to address MTBE contamination. State and federal funding for such cleanups is already limited at best, and statutory remedies against the...

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