URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT (UPDATE)
New Hampshire Bill to Prohibit Ethanol Blended Gasoline at Levels Greater Than 10% Approved by House; Moves to Senate
Legislation (H.B. 1220) to prohibit a person from selling or offering for sale gasoline that contains more than 10% ethanol was approved by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the Senate Transportation Committee. Under a House committee amendment, the bill would take effect only if any two additional New England states adopt similar legislation limiting the amount of corn based ethanol in gasoline to 10 percent.
We Urge You to Contact Members of the New Hampshire Senate Transportation Committee (List Below) Immediately to Request Support for H.B. 1220
- H.B. 1220 recognizes that ethanol increases water formation which can then corrode metals and dissolve plastics and rubber, especially over a period of time when the vehicle is not used. Current high performance specialty parts along with pre-model year 2001 cars and parts may be most susceptible to corrosion.
- H.B. 1220 recognizes that the life span of vehicles and equipment can be dramatically reduced with the wrong fuel and that owners could be confronted with break downs. Anti-corrosion additives are available for each purchase of gasoline but can become expensive, burdensome and require consumer education.
- H.B. 1220 recognizes that there has been an inability to obtain unblended gasoline for engines that may be damaged by ethanol.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact all members of the New Hampshire Senate Transportation Committee to request support for H.B. 1220. Please e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org. Also, please forward this Alert to your fellow car enthusiasts. Urge them to join the SAN and help defend the hobby! Thank you for your assistance.
New Hampshire Senate Transportation Committee
To e-mail all Committee members, copy and paste the email address block below:
james.rausch@leg.state.nh.us; peggy.gilmour@leg.state.nh.us; david.boutin@leg.state.nh.us; nancy.stiles@leg.state.nh.us; david.watters@leg.state.nh.us
Senator Jim Rausch (Chair)
Phone: (603) 271-3091
Email: james.rausch@leg.state.nh.us
Senator Peggy Gilmour (Vice-Chair)
Phone: (603) 271-4151
Email: peggy.gilmour@leg.state.nh.us
Senator David Boutin
Phone: (603) 271-3092
Email: david.boutin@leg.state.nh.us
Senator Nancy Stiles
Phone: (603) 271-3093
Email: nancy.stiles@leg.state.nh.us
Senator David Watters
Phone: (603) 271-8631
Email: david.watters@leg.state.nh.us