2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:27:49 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Low threat fuel tank closures in California
 
Report: Policy change allows underground leak sites across state to skip monitoring

ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 24, 2013

SANTA ANA, California — A new report says hundreds of underground leak sites will go unmonitored by the state under a policy change.

Since the 1980s, more than 44,000 underground fuel tank leaks have been tallied in California. A change that went into effect last year allows some of these sites to end regulatory monitoring even though trace contamination exists, the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/ 1iFVdgq ) reported.

The state has defended the policy, saying that there's no threat to human health because gasoline contaminants will naturally degrade and won't reach groundwater supplies. State officials also said their focus is on cleaning up the worst underground petroleum storage tank leaks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ 275dc68c24924b2cbdde8a0f248e2bde/CA--Underground-Fuel-Tank-Leaks

The original Orange County Register (CA) article is available for a fee.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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