[CPEO-MEF] TANKS: EPA seeks penalty at West Point (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA cites West Point for poor monitoring of underground gas tanks

By Adam Bosch
Middletown Times Herald-Record (NY)
February 24, 2010

WEST POINT — The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a $167,116 
civil penalty against the U.S. Army and the Army and Air Force Exchange 
Service for their failure to properly monitor underground petroleum 
tanks at West Point.

The EPA said those groups failed to comply with five federal laws that 
govern the safety of underground tanks that store diesel fuel, gas and 
used oil at the West Point Garrison.

None of those tanks was leaking, the EPA said.


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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
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