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Vaults Emerging as Answer to New Jersey's Tank Dilemma

Thousands of New Jersey businesses need toapproaching, tank owners are faced with some
store petroleum products at their facilities,difficult economic decisions. The cost for
whether for heating, to fuel vehicles, fortank and piping upgrades starts at $10,000,
emergency generators, or a dozen otherand, in most cases, retrofitting an existing
pressing needs. Today there are estimated tosteel underground storage tank is a
be in excess of 80,000 regulated commercialshort-sighted and expensive undertaking. Due
tanks in New Jersey alone. Most areto variable water tables and the predominance
underground, some above ground and, recently,of clay and silt soils, both vapor monitoring
some combining the best of both methods, theand continuous groundwater monitoring are
concrete vaulted tanks. In this article Iimpractical, if not impossible, and in all
will take a look at each approach for itscases will only alert a tank owner of a leak
strengths, weaknesses and costafter the damage has occurred.With these
factors.UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKSconcerns complicating the upgrade, the most
(USTs)Historically, petroleum storage waseffective solution, if we stay with
literally driven underground by a variety ofconventional underground storage, is often
concerns centered around fire safety. Becausecomplete replacement of a given storage tank
of these concerns, and the regulations theysystem This then expands the price range of a
spawned, the overwhelming majority of storagestandard 2,000 gallon tank job to a minimum
tanks in use today are underground tanks.Inof $20,000. (triple this number for a 12,000
the past five years the federal EPA and Stategallon tank).*In addition to these basic
Departments of Environmental Protection andconstruction costs, there are significant
Energy (DEPE) have formulated newcosts associated with simply maintaining and
construction criteria for both theoperating underground tanks. These expenses
installation of new tanks and the requiredmust also be considered when we evaluate the
upgrade of existing tanks.With scheduledtotal project cost.
deadlines for these tank upgrades quickly



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