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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Opportunities for Petroleum Brownfields

(EPA 510-R-11-002). July 2011.

EPA developed this 51-page report to give stakeholders the information they need to assess, clean up, and safely reuse petroleum sites in ways that can benefit communities. The report presents five categories of petroleum brownfields, examples of successful reuse projects within those categories, and funding and technical assistance resources for petroleum brownfields revitalization.

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