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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Number 1403
Subject Environment
Source Mary Jo Sylwester
State NICAR
Year 2001
Publication Date Chicago IRE National 2001
Summary Are there gas leaks in your community? Find out using this helpful tipsheet. "In the 1980s, Congress passed a series of laws that gradually took effect over the next decade. ... Leaks from underground storage tanks continue to pollute our drinking water streams and soil despite new federal laws and billions of dollars spend on prevention. In at least a dozen states, the tanks leak even more than they did before the laws went into effect."
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