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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Promoting the production and usage of E85 blended |
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| fuel protects our environment, reduces our dependence on |
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| foreign oil, and promotes our agricultural industry; and
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| WHEREAS, One obstacle to expanding the market for E85 |
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| blended fuel is the cost of installing the necessary |
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| underground tanks and pumps at refueling stations; and
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| WHEREAS, It is estimated to cost approximately $80,000 to |
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| $100,000 to install an E85 tank and pump; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently in Illinois, fuel tanks used for the |
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| retail sale of motor fuel must be underground; and
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| WHEREAS, The states of Iowa and Wisconsin allow for |
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| aboveground storage tanks; and
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| WHEREAS, Allowing the use of aboveground storage tanks for |
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| the sale of E85 blended fuel may reduce the cost of installing |
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| E85 tanks and pumps; and
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| WHEREAS, Lowering the cost of installation may encourage |
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| more gas stations to install E85 tanks and pumps, increasing |
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| the availability of E85 blended fuel; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| there is created an Aboveground Storage Tank Task Force under |
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| the Office of the State Fire Marshal for the purpose of |
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| examining the practicality, feasibility, and impact of |
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| allowing aboveground storage tanks for the retail sale of E85 |
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| blended fuel in Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Aboveground Storage Tank Task Force |
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| shall consist of the following members: one member appointed by |
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| the Speaker of the House, one member appointed by the Minority |
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| Leader of the House; the Illinois State Fire Marshal or his or |
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| her designee; the Director of the Illinois Environmental |
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| Protection Agency or his or her designee; the Director of the |
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| Illinois Emergency Management Agency or his or her designee; |
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| one member appointed by an association representing petroleum |
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| marketers; one member appointed by an association representing |
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| the petroleum industry; one member appointed by an association |
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| representing retail merchants; one member appointed by an |
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| association representing municipalities; one member appointed |
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| by an association representing corn growers; and one member |
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| appointed by an association representing farmers; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the |
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| call of the Illinois State Fire Marshal and thereafter as |
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| necessary and shall report its findings and recommendations to |
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| the House of Representatives by filing copies of its report |
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| with the Clerk of the House of Representatives no later than |
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| January 1, 2008; and that upon filing its report the Task Force |
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| is dissolved; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| delivered to the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
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