Despite 19 Years' Notice, 100s Of Florida Gas Stations, Businesses Haven't Fixed Leaking Tanks

[hatrack]

Despite 19 years' notice, hundreds of gas stations, governments and businesses failed to upgrade risky fuel storage tanks before a New Year's deadline.

To protect drinking water, the state required owners to upgrade the tanks from single-wall protection to double walls — or permanently close them out.

But that deadline passed with nearly 600 Tampa Bay area tanks still needing upgrades at almost 200 locations, most of them fuel stations, according to a database by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Nearly 4,700 tanks statewide — about 10 percent of Florida's tanks — made the list, despite the risk of $10,000 fines a day. Even an industry push for upgrades that drew in former Gov. Jeb Bush failed to bring all the tanks into compliance.

EDIT

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/hundreds-of-risky-fuel-tanks-go-unrepaired-despite-state-deadline/1066190

Huh. It's almost like Bush could have done more as Governor, but strangely enough, failed to do so. I wonder why . . .

[madokie]

1. Say what you will about us Okies

We've got ours all switched out.

[Blue Owl]

2. Considering how much the Bu$h's love their oil...

You'd think they'd take better care of it.

But nope -- once the shit is sold and the money's in their pocket, then fuck it...

[nashville_brook]

3. i would love to see a map of the entire state's problem tanks -- that Tampa Bay

map is pretty damn crowded. I'm sure it's not much better elsewhere in FL.

[XemaSab]

4. LUST

n/t

[TxRider]

5. So start the fines

10k per day is incentive enough

[Nihil]

6. So close them.

> Despite 19 years' notice ...
>
> To protect drinking water, the state required owners to upgrade the tanks
> from single-wall protection to double walls — or permanently close them out.

What's the problem? Just pump them out and shut the damn things down - permanently.

They've had plenty of warning so JFDI.

:shrug: