The MTBE Crisis and the Future of Renewable Fuels

April 11, 2000

 

Opening Statement of Chairman Richard Lugar
United States Senator for Indiana

OVERVIEW

Ambassador R. James Woolsey
Shea and Gardner
Washington, District of Columbia

PANEL I

Keith Collins, Chief Economist
United States Department of Agriuclture
Washington, District of Columbia

Robert Perciasepi
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, District of Columbia

Mr. Mark Mazur, Director
Office of Policy
United States Department of Energy
Washington, District of Columbia

PANEL III

Honorable Thomas Vilsack
Governor of Iowa
Chairman, Governors' Ethanol Coalition
Lincoln, Nebraska

Trevor Guthmiller, Executive Director
American Coalition for Ethanol
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Nathan Kimpel, President
New Energy Corporation
South Bend, Indiana  46680

Rus Miller, President
Arkenol, Inc.
Mission Viejo, California

Jason S. Grumet, Executive Director
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
Boston, Massachusetts

David Morris, Vice President
Institute for Self Reliance
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
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