[Captal de Buch]

Wasn't California the state that "REQUIRED" MTBE in the first place or was it a federally mandated additive at the insistance of the left coast? Man, those left coasters really know how to screw something up to the point of no return.

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Wasn't California the state that "REQUIRED" MTBE in the first place or was it a federally mandated additive at the insistance of the left coast?

It's a state requirement, as it the law requiring it be phased out. Gray is dragging his feet getting it removed. IIRC, Gray's darling spouse on on the Exxon board of directors. You do the math...