On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:29:01 -0500, someone wrote:

You don't need to sell gasoline to the public or even have a large tank for
it to be a problem. My buddy bought a small building for an office. There
was a underground tank that was used only for heating oil just for the
building. There were no other tanks or any sort of manufacturing done on the
property. The tank was leaking and by the time he paid for all of the
remediation expense he had spent ~$280,000.

While this stuff does happen ( a buddy of mine spent about $100k, also
on a commerical property), it is also quite routine for tanks to be OK
and taken out for a few thousand dollars, or only a little more costly
if its the tank and a limited amount of nearby soil. An attempt to
coverup will be criminal as well as still carrying civil liability.

First find out how bad the problem is before trying to sue everybody,
plan bankruptcy or suicide, etc.

Get the contents pumped out and exploratory work done to get the tank
removed, which will ID if it is anything more than a very limited
problem
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