CA SR59

Recognizes that aviation gasoline (avgas) used in general aviation aircraft is leaded fuel that produces toxic lead air emissions, identified by the EPA as California's greatest source of lead emissions

Notes that lead exposure poses serious health risks to children, including irreversible brain damage, reduced cognitive function, and effects on IQ, learning, and memory, with no safe exposure level established

References successful lead phase-outs from automobile gasoline in California by 1992 and nationwide by 1996, contrasting with avgas remaining in use despite its high lead content

Supports the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) initiative to certify safe unleaded aviation fuel for piston engine aircraft, with a joint FAA-EPA goal to identify a viable unleaded avgas by 2018

Encourages the FAA and EPA to prioritize development and certification of unleaded aviation fuel before the 2018 target date