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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Underground Motor Fuel Storage Tanks: A National Survey

(EPA 560/5-86-013). May 1986.

A statistical study producing a national assessment of underground storage tanks systems with information on (1) the number of tanks, (2) the number of establishments with tanks, (3) the number of tank systems that failed a tightness test, and (4) factors associated with leaking. It is limited to motor fuels. (Conducted by EPA's Office of Toxic Substances.)

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