News Tagged ‘economic stimulus’

Alabama woman sues oil company over land contaminated by leaky UST

leaky tank 100x100 Alabama woman sues oil company over land contaminated by leaky USTBeasley Allen attorneys Rhon Jones, Christopher Boutwell, and Alyce Robertson filed a lawsuit March 19 for Susan Taylor, a resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Taylor’s lawsuit alleges that her property has been contaminated by a fuel leak originating from an underground storage tank at the Speedmart Fuel Center. Chatham Oil, Inc. owns the Speedmart that sits next to Taylor’s property on University Avenue in Tuscaloosa.

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EPA receives $200 million in stimulus money for UST removal, cleanup

lust2 100x100 EPA receives $200 million in stimulus money for UST removal, cleanupThe Environmental Protection Agency announced today its allocation of $200 million in funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – popularly known as the economic stimulus package, which President Obama signed into law on February 17. The will use these funds for the assessment and cleanup of at least 1,600 leaking underground storage tanks throughout the country, creating or retaining “significant numbers of jobs” in the process.

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