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Article: EPA sets tough controls on underground tanks
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 14, 1988
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WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency, moving to
prevent groundwater contamination, issued regulations Tuesday that
require almost all owners of underground petroleum or chemical tanks
to test and protect them, fix leaks and clean up spills. The new
rules will cost a typical gas station owner $60,000 to $80,000, but
an EPA official said those expenses probably won't force owners out
of business. The rules, to take effect before yearend, will require
that all underground tanks be fitted with leak detection devices over
the next five years and with corrosion and leak prevention equipment
within 10 years. Leak detection must include at least monthly
testing with leak-detection ...