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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

An Approach for Developing Site-Specific Lateral and Vertical Inclusion Zones within which Structures Should be Evaluated for Petroleum Vapor Intrusion due to Releases of Motor Fuel from Underground Storage Tanks

This EPA Office of Research and Development Issue Paper presents a graphical, data-driven approach to screen buildings for vulnerability to petroleum vapor intrusion. The accompanying spreadsheet for the ORD Issue Paper (XLSX)(138 K)  Free Viewers is intended to facilitate application of the concepts illustrated in the paper.

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