Gas Station Sues Former Owner For Groundwater Contamination From Underground Tanks

PASSAIC, N.J. - A New Jersey company that owns a gas station on July 27 filed a lawsuit in state court, contending that a company should be held liable because its predecessor-in-interest abandoned underground storage tanks (USTs) containing a combined 6,000 gallons of gasoline, which rotted and leaked toxins into local groundwater (J. M. Bal Realty LLC v. OXY USA Inc., No. PAS-L-002524, N.J. Super., Passaic Co.).
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