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Officials gave an update on the removal of the Gorge Dam in Cuyahoga Falls, announcing the US EPA has cleared $100 million to remove toxic sediment.
On January 2, 1988, a four-million gallon tank was used for the first time after being dismantled (from an Ohio location) and rebuilt in Pennsylvania. It was this tank, holding approximately 3.5 million gallons of diesel oil , that failed and collapsed, dumping nearly 1 million gallons of the oil into a storm sewer that led to the Monongahela ...
Environmental experts say even a pinprick-size hole in an underground tank can send 400 gallons of fuel a year into the ground, polluting soil and water. Spills can also destroy habitat and kill ...
The requirements set by The Environment Agency for Decommissioning an underground tank apply to all underground storage tanks and not just those used for the storage of fuels. [15] They give extensive guidance in The Blue Book and PETEL 65/34. The Environment Agency states that any tank no longer in use should be immediately decommissioned.
Jul. 15—State environmental regulators said this week that the Navy has not proved it can safely operate its underground Red Hill fuel tanks, which in recent years have been the subject of ...
April 14, 2018 - A tank battery caught fire in Caldwell County. [195] April 28, 2018 - A tank battery exploded and burned, in Reeves County. May 2, 2018 - Lightning caused a tank battery fire in southeast Russell County. [196] May 22, 2018 - A tank battery was destroyed, after it was struck by lightning and ignited near Hallsville. [197]
January 26 – A Mid Valley 22-inch pipeline ruptured in Carrollton, Kentucky, spilling about 290,000 gallons of crude oil. Some of the crude entered the Ohio River. The pipe failure was caused by earth movement. [141] [142] February 1 – An ExxonMobil gasoline pipeline fire forced 43 families from their houses near Allentown, Pennsylvania ...
The U.S. military said it's finished draining millions of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor's ...