[CPEO-BIF] Jekyll Island, Florida gas station

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Leakage discovered at Jekyll Island gas station site
The lot needs cleaning before construction assessments
The results will determine what action to take

By Carole Hawkins
Florida Times-Union
January 4, 2010


When underground storage tanks at Jekyll Island's demolished gas station 
were removed last fall, something else got left behind.

Soil tests show some contamination has occurred at the site, apparently 
because of leakage from pipes leading to fuel tanks. Whether the 
discovery means a delay for a new station to be built is unknown.

Jekyll Island Executive Director Jones Hooks informed park authority 
board members of the development at their December meeting.


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For the entire article, see
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-01-03/story/leakage_discovered_at_jekyll_island_gas_station_site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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