Underground storage tanks cause environmental chaos

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · International Journal of Energy-Environment-Economics; (United States)

OSTI ID:5436299

Cruver, P C ^[1]

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1. EcoVault Corp., Vienna, VA (US)

This paper reports that during the 1950s and the subsequent three decades, petroleum products were stored in single-walled steel underground tanks; an out-of-sight, out-of-mind philosophy prevailed. Unfathomable amounts of toxic petroleum products leaking into the nation's ground water supplies has prompted enactment of recent and much needed legislation and regulation to remedy this major problem. Is the public aware of this serious ecological imbroglio No, not as yet; except for the closing of many rural service stations and the plethora of dug-up, exposed tanks at urban stations, one could never imagine the severity of this debacle confronting the petroleum industry and the nation's environment.

• OSTI ID: 5436299
• Journal Information: International Journal of Energy-Environment-Economics; (United States), Journal Name: International Journal of Energy-Environment-Economics; (United States) Vol. 1:1; ISSN IJEEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
022000 -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
CONTAINERS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LEAKS
MATERIALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITIES
TANKS
TOXIC MATERIALS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
WATER
WATER POLLUTION