Underground Petroleum Tanks: Owners' Ability to Comply With EPA's Financial Responsibility Requirements

RCED-90-167FS Published: Jul 09, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 08, 1990.

Highlights

GAO reviewed information from telephone surveys of state officials and insurance companies, regarding the ability of small firms owning petroleum tanks to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) financial responsibility requirements by the 1991 deadlines.

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Environmental lawstate relationsHazardous substancesInsurance companiesInsurance premiumsLiability insurancePetroleum storageTanks (containers)Trust fundsWater pollution