News Tagged ‘Pennsylvania’

Pennsylvania puts federal dollars to use for UST cleanup, removal

corroded tank 100x100 Pennsylvania puts federal dollars to use for UST cleanup, removalThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is using part of the $6.1 million in federal stimulus money it received to remove three leaking underground storage tanks in Union Township, according to a report in the Herald-Standard. The tanks in Union Township, located in the southwestern corner of the state, are only 3 of 71 tanks slated for removal statewide this year.

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EPA settles with Penn company over multiple UST violations

7 11 100x100 EPA settles with Penn company over multiple UST violationsThe announced a settlement it reached with Handee Marts, Inc., doing business as 7-Eleven, over alleged violations of federal underground storage tank regulations. The two stores held in violation of standards are located in Pittsburgh and Cranberry, Pennsylvania. The parent company, Handee Marts, is based in Gibsonia, Penn.

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Penn community seeks justice years after massive fuel leak

ust2 100x100 Penn community seeks justice years after massive fuel leakForty-five neighbors from a Pennsylvania community that was contaminated by a massive fuel leak more than a decade ago are still fighting for justice. Many residents of  Blue Bell, a town in Montgomery County, Penn., became sick in the late 1990s after consuming water contaminated by several thousand gallons of gasoline released from an underground storage tank at a local Gulf gas station. All of the affected people had wells or access to wells.

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