X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf08aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 1021928 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:56:51 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.56; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm57aec.bellsouth.net ([65.10.34.169]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060303214840.RBHR23794.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm57aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:48:40 -0500 Received: from [65.10.34.169] by ibm57aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060303214838.MDOT2557.ibm57aec.bellsouth.net@[65.10.34.169]> for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:48:38 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--93410902 References: <6b58c2140603021048h298147c9le3a5dbfb26227ccd@mail.gmail.com> From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Ethanol is out Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:49:06 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) --Apple-Mail-1--93410902 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > From: "Backstage Live" > Date: March 2, 2006 1:48:19 PM EST > To: canard-aviators@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [c-a] Answer to Ron > > Ron & Friends, > > I just received this press release today. It answers some of your > questions > reguarding the use of ethanol. It looks like our friends on the > west coast > won't have to worry about it anymore. California has repealed the > ethanol > mandate and will be able to sell real gas once again very soon. > Here is a > portion of the press release. Look at the statement made about > "permeation" > and how it might effect our fuel lines and gas tanks. > > > * WASHINGTON > Requirement to add ethanol revoked > EPA frees state from mandate for fuel additive > > Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer > > Thursday, February 16, 2006 > > > After nearly a decade of complaints and lawsuits from California > political > leaders and environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection > Agency > on Wednesday revoked a long-standing mandate that oil refiners put > additives > like ethanol into their clean-burning gasoline. > > "This is great news for California,'' said San Francisco Democrat Sen. > Dianne Feinstein, who has led the battle with the EPA in trying to > get rid > of the requirement in California. "The announcement means that > California > refiners will finally be allowed to make gasoline that is cleaner > burning > than what they're making today." > > The passage of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 removed the > requirement, and the new regulations released Wednesday by the EPA > put in > place the program to remove the additive requirement. The decision > will go > into effect in California 60 days after they are published in the > Federal > Register this summer. > > The state appealed to the EPA to issue a waiver to the requirement, > arguing > in high-level letters from Feinstein, two governors and the state Air > Resources Board and, later, in lawsuits. The EPA was firm in its > insistence > to keep the mandate. > > Luke Tonachel, a fuels analyst with the Natural Resources Defense > Council, > said his group has supported California's request for a waiver > because of > the clean-air benefits. > > "Ethanol, when used in small quantities as an additive in gasoline, > can > cause air-quality problems especially in urban areas that already have > severe ozone problems," he said. "It's particularly problematic in > areas > like the South Coast.'' > > In the summer, a phenomenon called "permeation'' occurs when > hydrocarbons > from the ethanol-laced gasoline migrate through the flexible hoses and > connectors in a car's fuel system as well as from the gas tank, he > said. > * --Apple-Mail-1--93410902 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII

From: = "Backstage Live" <backstagelive@gmail.com>
Date: March 2, 2006 1:48:19 PM = EST
Subject: [c-a] Answer to = Ron

= Ron & Friends,

I just received this press release = today. It answers some of your questions
reguarding the use of = ethanol. It looks like our friends on the west coast
won't have to = worry about it anymore. California has repealed the ethanol
mandate = and will be able to sell real gas once again very soon. Here is a
= portion of the press release. Look at the statement made about = "permeation"
and how it might effect our fuel lines and gas = tanks.


* WASHINGTON
Requirement to add ethanol = revoked
EPA frees state from mandate for fuel additive

Jane = Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer <jkay@sfchronicle.com>
=
Thursday, February 16, 2006


After nearly a decade of = complaints and lawsuits from California political
leaders and = environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
on = Wednesday revoked a long-standing mandate that oil refiners put = additives
like ethanol into their clean-burning gasoline.

= "This is great news for California,'' said San Francisco Democrat = Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, who has led the battle with the EPA in trying = to get rid
of the requirement in California. "The announcement means = that California
refiners will finally be allowed to make gasoline = that is cleaner burning
than what they're making today."

= The passage of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 removed the
= requirement, and the new regulations released Wednesday by the EPA put = in
place the program to remove the additive requirement. The = decision will go
into effect in California 60 days after they are = published in the Federal
Register this summer.

The state = appealed to the EPA to issue a waiver to the requirement, arguing
in = high-level letters from Feinstein, two governors and the state Air
= Resources Board and, later, in lawsuits. The EPA was firm in its = insistence
to keep the mandate.

Luke Tonachel, a fuels = analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council,
said his group = has supported California's request for a waiver because of
the = clean-air benefits.

"Ethanol, when used in small quantities as = an additive in gasoline, can
cause air-quality problems especially = in urban areas that already have
severe ozone problems," he said. = "It's particularly problematic in areas
like the South Coast.''
=
In the summer, a phenomenon called "permeation'' occurs when = hydrocarbons
from the ethanol-laced gasoline migrate through the = flexible hoses and
connectors in a car's fuel system as well as from = the gas tank, he said.
*
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