House To Vote On Stripping MTBE Waiver From Energy Bill; Outcome Uncertain

The House is poised to vote on a motion that instructs members of an upcoming congressional conference to strip from pending energy legislation a provision that would grant a liability waiver to makers of the controversial gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), with the sponsor of the move citing a recent Inside EPA story that a draft EPA risk assessment has identified MTBE as a "likely carcinogen." The motion , introduced by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), essentially represents a...