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News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
COURT ACTION SOUGHT ON MAIN STREET MOBIL PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management and the RI Attorney General's Office today filed a complaint in Providence County Superior Court against the owners and operators of Main Street Mobil in Pascoag. It charged them with failure to comply with the immediate compliance order issued by DEM on September 13 to investigate and remediate the petroleum release at the station.The complaint was filed against Potter Oil, Inc. of Warwick and Medea, LLC of Wakefield, operators of Main Street Mobil; and Robert and Mary Laverdiere, owners of the Main Street Mobil property. It asks the court to require the defendants to immediately investigate and remediate petroleum contamination on or coming from the facility and to submit regular reports to DEM detailing findings and results of cleanup activities. It also asks for daily penalties of up to $25,000 commencing September 13 for failure to comply with the immediate compliance order. The immediate compliance order was issued after seven inches of gasoline with high concentrations of the gasoline additive MTBE were discovered in a recently installed groundwater monitoring well near Main Street Mobil's underground storage tanks. The monitoring well was one of several that had been installed to test for MTBE at sites near two Pascoag Fire District public drinking water wells that are contaminated with MTBE. The complaint to the court charges that the company has failed to promptly comply with the immediate compliance order issued by the DEM on September 13. Specifically, the company has failed to submit plans for the installation of an adequate product recovery system; fully investigate the contaminant plume emanating from the property; and submit inventory control records for DEM review. However, the company did test its tanks as ordered by DEM, and found that they are not now leaking. The company also installed six test wells at the facility on September 20, four of which show petroleum contamination in the soil or petroleum in the groundwater. A hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 25 in Superior Court. -30- |
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