Santa Clara Petition Receives Response from Government Agency
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors may have surprisingly had an effect on the Environmental Protection Agency, following their move to discontinue the delivery of 100LL aviation fuel to their regional airports. The EPA said it will respond to petitions from the county as well as a similar request from Middleton, Wisconsin. It will begin analyzing the effects and report on possible regulations for piston aircraft in the U.S. General aviation is one of the few, perhaps only, remaining segment of vehicles that retains leaded fuel, a result of the relative stagnation of the industry due to a variety of economic factors and reliability demands.
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