follow the govt paperwork trail to the origin of the tanks. theres a good reason the tanks were removed from their original resting place.
the epa has been going nuts on gas stations, etc. all over the country with underground tanks.
Over the last two decades, EPA and its partners closed over 1.5 million substandard tanks that were corroding and leaking petroleum into the nation's groundwater; cleaned up more than 300,000 petroleum leaks; and reduced the number of new releases from a high of over 66,000 in 1990 to roughly 12,000 in 2003. Today, tank systems are much less likely to leak and cause significant environmental problems.
States and Cities Flout Law On Underground Fuel Tanks
While private industry spent millions to meet a 1998 federal deadline to upgrade leaking underground fuel tanks -- the nation's leading cause of ground water pollution -- state and local government agencies continue to operate thousands of antiquated tanks in danger of leaking chemicals into water supplies, records show.
Most private companies, from deep-pocketed oil conglomerates to mom-and-pop gas retailers, upgraded their tanks before the December 1998 deadline to avoid stiff fines and negative publicity. But many governments have taken advantage of lax enforcement standards to flout the deadline.
''It's very tough making people do something like this, especially when the political will isn't there,'' said Hal White, a technician with the Office of Underground Storage Tanks at the Environmental Protection Agency. ''What they really need is a disaster.''
follow the govt paperwork trail to the origin of the tanks.
ReplyDeletetheres a good reason the tanks were removed from their original resting place.
the epa has been going nuts on gas stations, etc. all over the country with underground tanks.
Over the last two decades, EPA and its partners closed over 1.5 million substandard tanks that were corroding and leaking petroleum into the nation's groundwater; cleaned up more than 300,000 petroleum leaks; and reduced the number of new releases from a high of over 66,000 in 1990 to roughly 12,000 in 2003. Today, tank systems are much less likely to leak and cause significant environmental problems.
http://www.epa.gov/region9/waste/ust/
http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ttan.html
http://www.epa.gov/oust/
http://www.epa.gov/region02/ust/
ReplyDeleteStates and Cities Flout Law On Underground Fuel Tanks
While private industry spent millions to meet a 1998 federal deadline to upgrade leaking underground fuel tanks -- the nation's leading cause of ground water pollution -- state and local government agencies continue to operate thousands of antiquated tanks in danger of leaking chemicals into water supplies, records show.
Most private companies, from deep-pocketed oil conglomerates to mom-and-pop gas retailers, upgraded their tanks before the December 1998 deadline to avoid stiff fines and negative publicity. But many governments have taken advantage of lax enforcement standards to flout the deadline.
''It's very tough making people do something like this, especially when the political will isn't there,'' said Hal White, a technician with the Office of Underground Storage Tanks at the Environmental Protection Agency. ''What they really need is a disaster.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/nyregion/states-and-cities-flout-law-on-underground-fuel-tanks.html