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	Bibliography on MTBE and Water Quality URL: http://sd.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/vocns/mtbe/bib/ ODP description: Searchable database of technical reference citations, by US Geological Survey. Page title: USGS NAWQA VOC National Synthesis: Gasoline Oxygenate Bibliography Page description: Gasoline Oxygenate Bibliography (June 2005)
	Assessing the transport and fate of MTBE URL: http://www.solinst.com/Res/cmt/UKChalk/UKChalk.html ODP description: An article on the oxygenates MTBE and TAME and how they have led to contamination of major aquifers, including the Chalk aquifer of southern England. Page title: Introduction: Assessing the transport and fate of MTBE amended petroleum hydrocarbons in the UK Chalk aquifer
	U.S. EPA Blue Ribbon Panel for Reviewing the Use of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline URL: http://www.epa.gov/OMS/consumer/fuels/oxypanel/blueribb.htm ODP description: Presentations heard by panel, panel report (1999), and related Internet links. Page title: Blue Ribbon Panel for Reviewing Use of MTBE - Gasoline Fuels - OTAQ - EPA Page description: Information on MTBE (U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality)
	MTBE Resources URL: http://www.api.org/ehs/groundwater/oxygenates/index.cfm ODP description: American Petroleum Institute compilation of online technical information on fuel oxygenates (primarily MTBE) in soil, groundwater and surface water. Includes both API-generated material and information from other sources. Page title: API Oxygenates Resources
	Reformulated Gasoline URL: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfg.htm ODP description: U.S. EPA collection of fact sheets, technical documents, computer models, data, Congressional testimony, and other materials about the reformulation of gasoline by adding MTBE, ethanol, or other oxygenates to reduce air pollution. Page title: Reformulated Gasoline - Gasoline Fuels - Fuels & Fuel Additives - OTAQ - EPA
	Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether URL: http://www.water-research.net/mtbe.htm ODP description: Fact sheet on the fate and transport of MTBE (from underground gasoline storage tanks) in groundwater. Page title: MTBE Water Testing Private Wells Pennsylvania Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Facts Sheet Page description: Pennsylvania MTBE Drinking Water Private Well Owner Fact Sheet on the fate and transport of MTBE Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether from underground gasoline storage tanks.
	European Fuel Oxygenates Association URL: http://www.efoa.org/ ODP description: Extensive information on the benefits of oxygenates in gasoline, the role that MTBE plays in improving air quality, and health and environmental issues related to its use. Source is trade organization of MTBE producers. Page title: European Fuel Oxygenates Association: the reference for MTBE and fuel oxygenates
	MTBE Treatment Profiles URL: http://clu-in.org/products/mtbe/ ODP description: U.S. EPA compilation of studies and experiences with in situ and ex situ treatment of groundwater and drinking water contaminated with MTBE. Page title: CLU-IN: MtBE Treatment Profiles
	MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/mtbe/ ODP description: U.S. EPA site about MTBE and releases from underground storage tank systems. Page title: MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) and Underground Storage Tanks