SJM 8027 - DIGEST

Requests that the President, Congress, the Secretary of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy oppose the inclusion of a "safe harbor" provision in any legislation that essentially would grant manufacturers of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) immunity from claims that the fuel additive is "defective in design or manufacture" or any other action that would seriously undermine efforts to clean up ground water and surface water contaminated by MTBE.