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Board reviews plan to remove underground fuel tanks at MSF; state program may reimburse about $27,000
Summary
An agency official described a plan to decommission two underground fuel tanks at the municipal service facility, move to above-ground split tanks and perform soil and water testing; the official said Indiana offers a 50% reimbursement program that could return roughly $27,000 to the city after closure documentation.
An agency official outlined a plan on April 14 for the City of Columbia City to decommission two underground fuel storage tanks at the municipal service facility (MSF) and replace them with above-ground split tanks that separate gasoline and diesel. The board discussed regulatory steps, testing and a likely equipment lead time of six to 10 weeks.
The presenter said the site currently contains an underground gasoline tank and a roughly 2,000-gallon diesel tank that have experienced water ingress and access issues because of how they were originally installed. “The idea with that is to remove those tanks, decommission them with the state of Indiana,” the agency…
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