HOTS; Underground heating oil tanks hold as many liabilities as other underground storage tanks
- Tank Tech Corp., Congers, NY (US)
This paper reports on the liabilities associated with underground storage tanks (USTs) that are a growing concern. Tank owners worry that they will have or worse, will inherit financial or legal burdens resulting from leaking tanks. Indeed, it appropriate precautions are not taken, the consequences can be devastating. In 1984, after too many tank-related horror stories surfaced, Congress began to act on this dilemma. Seemingly innocuous steel vessels buried throughout the land were recognized as a serious threat to human health and safety as groundwater supplied were jeopardized. In response, Congress passed Subtitle 1 as an amendment to RCRA. Last September, EPA issued regulations required by Congress under the law. States choosing to precede the new federal regulations established UST programs on their own, and began to register tanks and implement integrity-testing schedules.
- OSTI ID:
- 5720449
- Journal Information:
- Hazmat World; (United States), Vol. 2:3; ISSN 0898-5685
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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