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California to boost ethanol content in gasoline to spur biofuel market

St Paul Pioneer Press
June 15, 2007 - All California refineries making gas sold in the state will have to blend 10 percent ethanol into their gas to meet new fuel standards set by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger starting Dec. 31, 2009, under the resolution adopted by the California Air Resources Board. That growth is aided by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gives small refiners a federal tax credit for using the biofuel. ...
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Rough cut: U.S. Open hazardous for Mickelson

Chicago Tribune
June 15, 2007 - It really is." I wasn't sure whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was aware of this. ...
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House Labor Panel To Mark Up Bill Calling For OSHA Diacetyl Standard

Inside Health Policy
June 15, 2007 - The standard would also include respiratory protection to minimize worker exposure to diacetyl. Woolsey, who chairs the workplace subcommittee, asked why OSHA couldn’t be more like California’s OSHA, which is drafting its own diacetyl standard. Foulke responded that there were statutory issues that kept federal OSHA from acting as quickly as Cal/OSHA does. ...
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Calif. rule increasing ethanol mix in gas to spur biofuel market

Sacramento Bee
June 15, 2007 - All California refineries making gas sold in the state will have to blend 10 percent ethanol into their gas to meet new fuel standards set by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger starting Dec. 31 2009, under the resolution adopted by the California Air Resources Board. That growth is aided by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gives small refiners a federal tax credit for using the biofuel. ...
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LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM -- (House of Representatives - June 15, 2007)

Congressional Record
June 15, 2007 - When that bill passes, those provisions will then be added to the Energy and Water bill and then, and only then, sent to the Senate. Mr. I thank you for that response. In addition to that, every indication I have up to this point is that those energy bills would go through the regular order of the committee. ...
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Ethanol to be blended into gas

Daily News, Los Angeles
June 15, 2007 - All California refineries making gas sold in the state will have to blend 10 percent ethanol into their gas to meet new fuel standards set by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger starting Dec. 31, 2009, under the resolution adopted by the California Air Resources Board. That growth is aided by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gives small refiners a federal tax credit for using the biofuel. ...
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The Plastics Exchange Week in Review

Modern Plastics
June 15, 2007 - Historically, July has been an unlikely month to increase resin prices, but producers might see it come to pass, if predictions of an active hurricane season are accurate. In polystyrene (PS), volume was average with steady prices, as producers released more PS inventory to the spot market at higher prices. ...
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Meetings: National Toxicology Program, Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction; expert panel on bisphenol A, 33228-33229 [E7-11590]

Federal Register
June 15, 2007 - Polycarbonate plastics are used in food and drink packaging; resins are used as lacquers to coat metal products such as food cans, bottle tops, and water supply pipes. ...
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Roundup: California to sue U.S. government over gas emissions waiver

English News Service
June 14, 2007 - The waiver would allow California to enact emissions standards to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. ...
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UTILITIES: Pollution cut ahead for plant

Las Vegas Review-Journal
June 14, 2007 - The utility will install pollution control equipment at the Clark Generating Station to settle a federal Clean Air Act complaint. We breathe this air." The Clark plant agreement is the second major air pollution agreement that Nevada Power has reached with regulators this year. Nevada Power said it will spend $84.2 million cleaning up emissions from the Reid Gardner. ...
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