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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32
(By Delegates Howell, Anderson, Azinger, Border, Butler, Cadle,
Canterbury, Cowles, Craig, Ellem, A. Evans, Faircloth, Ferns,
Folk, Hamrick, Hartman, Householder, Iaquinta, Manchin,
Manypenny, J. Nelson, Overington, Pasdon, R. Phillips, Rowan,
Shott, P. Smith, R. Smith, Staggers, Storch, Stowers, Sumner,
Swartzmiller, Westfall and Williams)
Urging the Environmental Protection Agency to revoke its decision
to allow the sale of gasoline with fifteen percent ethanol
(E15) until there is clear and convincing scientific evidence
that El5 does not pose a risk to any gasoline-powered vehicle
or equipment.
Whereas, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to
allow an ethanol additive to the gasoline market place of fifteen
percent (E15). Currently gasoline is sold with an ethanol additive
of ten percent (E10) and is part of a program to reduce the
nation's dependency on foreign oil. Over ninety percent of the
gasoline sold has a ten percent ethanol additive; and
Whereas, Ethanol increases water formation which can then
create formic acid and corrode metals, plastics and rubber,
especially over a period of time when the vehicle is not used. Corrosion-resistant materials have been incorporated into newer
vehicle, engines and exhaust. However, current high performance
specialty parts along with the pre-2001 cars and parts may be
susceptible to corrosion. It is believed that a fifteen percent
ethanol additive (E15) burns hotter that E10 and can wreck havoc
with fuel mixtures and injections; and
Whereas, There are an estimated 74 million pre-2001 vehicles in
the marketplace that may be mis-fueled with E15. This does not
include the millions of boats, lawnmowers, hand-held equipment and
the like that were not designed for ethanol. The life span of this
equipment can be dramatically reduced with the wrong fuel and the
owners could be confronted with equipment break downs.
Anticorrosion additives are available for each purchase of gasoline
but can become expensive, burdensome and require consumer
education; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That Environmental Protection Agency is urged to revoke its
decision to allow the sale of gasoline with fifteen percent ethanol
(E15) until there is clear and convincing scientific evidence that
El5 does not pose a risk to any gasoline-powered vehicle or
equipment; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Environmental
Protection Agency and to the members of the West Virginia delegation to the United States Senate and House of
Representatives.