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Section I: Cross Media
- Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. (1998). Evaluation of the Fate
and Transport of Ethanol in the Environment. Prepared
for the American Methanol Institute. Available at:
Evaluation of the Fate and Transport of Ethanol
Report.
- This presentation developed by the Malcolm Pirnie
company for the Environmental Protection Agency describes
the properties, fate and transport, studies, remediation
and treatment techniques and research needs for the fate
and transport of ethanol. Reference: Kavanaugh, M. and
A. Stocking (May 24, 1999). Fate and Transport of
Ethanol in the Environment. Available in hard copy
library.
- This presentation provides an overview of properties
of alternative oxygenates. Reference: May 11, 2000.
Drogos, D. MTBE v. Other Oxygenates. Presented at
Mealey's MTBE Conference. Available in hard copy
library.
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Section II: Surface Water
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Section III: Ground Water
- LLNL presentation to the State Water Resources
Control Board on "The Life Cycle and Environmental
Studies of Ethanol and Alkylates Used in Reformulated
Gasoline". This presentation provides preliminary
results from the study of Alkylate transport at gasoline
sites. Available in the ERD hard copy library.
- This report prepared by the Institute for Groundwater
Research for the California MTBE Research Partnership
describes a numerical modeling study undertaken to
anticipate the potential groundwater impacts that may
result from blending ethanol in gasoline. Reference:
Modeling the Impact of Ethanol on the Persistence of BTEX
Compounds in Gasoline-contaminated Groundwater (April
2000). Will soon be available at:
Modeling the Impact of Ethanol.
- This report chapter describes the environmental
transport and fate of fuel hydrocarbon alkylates in
surface and groundwater. Available at:
Chapter 6: Environmental Transport and Fate of Fuel Hydrocarbon
Alkylates.
- This article within the Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks Bulletin describes various knowledge gaps regarding
ethanol and its impact on groundwater. Reference: B.
Brannan (1999). With the Possible Phase Out of MTBE, What
Do We Know About Ethanol? L.U. S.T.Line, Bulletin 32,
pg. 19. Available in ERD hard copy library.
- This article submitted to the CRC Critical Reviews in
Environmental Science and Engineering (2000) provides a
comprehensive review of the transport of Ethanol and
monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) in the groundwater
system after a gasohol spill. Reference: Powers, S.E.,
C.S. Hunt, S.E. Heermann, H.X. Corseuil, D. Rice, and
P.J.J. Alvarez (2000). The Transport and Fate of Ethanol
and BTEX in Groundwater Contaminated by Gasohol.
Submitted to CRC Critical Reviews in Environmental
Science and Engineering. Available in ERD hard copy
library.
- This paper describes an extensive field experiment
that investigated the fate of methanol and MTBE in
groundwater as well as their influence on BTEX
degradation. Reference: Schirmer, M., J.W. Molson, and
J.F. Barker. The Potential Impact of Alcohol as a
Gasoline Oxygenate on BTEX Degradation at Spill Sites.
Proceedings of the 1999 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and
Organic Chemicals in Groundwater Conference, November
17-19, Houston, Ground Water Publishing Company,
Westerville, Ohio, pp. 221-228. Available in ERD hard
copy library.
- This report "The Fate and Transport of Ethanol-
blended Gasoline in the Environment: A Literature Review
and Transport Modeling" (1999) evaluates the fate and
transport of ethanol in the environment, specifically in
soil and groundwater. Available at: Fate Report.
- This
Final Report (2000) on Reformulated
Gasoline describes the transport and clean-up of spills
to the subsurface. The report describes the results of a
study performed to assess the degree to which the
presence of ethanol in gasoline can enhance the
subsurface migration of other gasoline compounds,
especially the BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and
xylenes) series of aromatic compounds. The report lists
many additional reference materials.
- This paper "Replacing MTBE with Ethanol as a Gasoline
Oxygenate - How May Ground Water Resources Be Impacted?
(Powers et al 2000)" summarizes some of the critical
enviromental fate and transport issues identified in an
extensive literature review carried out for the State of
Caifornia in anticipation of the phase out of MTBE and
its potential replacement with Ethanol. Available in the
ERD hard copy library.
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SectionIV: Atmosphere
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Section V: Soil
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