underground storage tank monitoring News
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St. Louis Community College Selected to Receive $199,994 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 today announced that St. Louis Community College (SLCC) has been selected to receive $199,994 to train unemployed and underemployed residents of St. Louis in hazardous waste cleanup. Residents who are unemployed, receive public assistance, or are low-income employed and living within the St. Louis metropolitan area, including the City of St. Louis ...
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PM Environmental Wins Three-Year State of Michigan Contract
PM Environmental was awarded an Indefinite-Scope, Indefinite-Delivery contract by the State of Michigan (2017 Tank and Soil Removal ISID). The three-year contract, with an option to extend for two additional years, focuses on orphan underground storage tank (UST) sites where there is no longer a viable responsible party to conduct cleanup activities required under state law. "The state intends ...
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Ion Science receives independent verification for best performing PID
The Ion Science PhoCheck+ has received independent verification as the best performing PID by the state of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP). Subsequent to a stringent testing and selection process between competing PID technologies, the ME DEP has standardised the Ion Science PhoCheck+ 3000 for use in all their underground storage tanks, emergency response and air monitoring ...
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Fort Wainwright Reduces Water Contamination Risk from Fuel Tanks in EPA Settlement
The U.S. Army is taking steps to improve management of its fuel storage tanks and comply with federal laws designed to protect groundwater at Fort Wainwright Garrison, located near Fairbanks, Alaska, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA inspections found that from at least 2012 to 2013, Fort Wainwright failed to perform leak detection tests, monitor ...
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Poulsbo, Wash. Gas station agrees to pay over $11,000 for failure to monitor underground fuel tanks
Central Valley Grocery gas station in Poulsbo, Washington, has agreed to pay $11,356 for failing to properly monitor three underground storage tanks (USTs) for leaks for over a year. Owners and operators of USTs are required to test their tanks for leaks on a monthly basis. Failure to do so puts ground water at risk and is a violation of both state and federal law. According to Edward Kowalski, ...
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North Country Gas Station Owners to Install Equipment to Prevent Ground Water Pollution (NY)
"Gas station owners have a responsibility to regularly monitor their underground storage tanks to protect against potential leaks of petroleum," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "Leaking tanks can contaminate ground water, putting people and the environment at risk." EPA inspections of the companies’ tanks revealed that they had failed to comply with important requirements ...
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Chevron Puerto Rico, LLC, agrees to improve leak detection at Puerto Rico gas stations
A settlement announced today between the United States and Chevron Puerto Rico, LLC resolves Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) violations at approximately 100 of Chevron’s underground storage tank facilities in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of the settlement, Chevron has agreed to spend approximately $5.2 million to improve its leak detection methods and operations at these ...
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