KRS 363.9053: Use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as fuel additive.

(1) Beginning on January 1, 2006, the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, known as

MTBE, as a fuel additive shall be illegal in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Importation, sale, or storage of fuel containing MTBE shall be unlawful after that

date.

(2) Beginning on January 1, 2004, the General Assembly strongly encourages that all

reformulated gasoline sold or offered for sale in the Commonwealth utilize

domestically produced ethanol in place of MTBE or other gasoline additives.

(3) In order to allow for an order ly transition, trace amounts of MTBE, not to exceed

one-half of one percent (0.5%) by volume, will be allowed in gasoline.