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Underground oil storage tank abandonment services ?
QUESTION:I'm looking for companies that provide underground oil storage tank
abandonment services in NJ (residential area).
What are the different ways to close an underground oil tank? Does it
matter where exactly the tank is located (under the frontyard, backyard,
grass, partly under the driveway, etc)? What other considerations are
involved?
ANSWER: -Given the rules we now have, it'd be insane to do anything but remove the tank
altogether. Removing a tank before it leaks isn't generally that big a deal,
altho, the tank itself can be a problem to get rid of.
- You are selling your home at this peak real estate
market and you have an underground heating oil tank no longer in use
that is stopping potential buyers from closing the deal, or something
to that nature. Well, it won't be cheap nor will it be easy and
straight forward. Not in New Jersey. I think you know that already.
More likely than not the tank is leaking. So you have not only the
tank to remove. Containminated soil will have to go too. It could be
quite messy. The envieonmental firm you will be hiring won't give you
a fixed price because they don't know what's underground. Depending
on how big the tank is, how deep is it below grade, and how close is
it to the house, a professional engineer likely will get involved to
determine if excavation will jepardize structural integrity of the
house. I know. I was hire recently just to sit around the excavatin
site to tell the digging crew to stop when I decide it is too
dangerous to proceed. All these are without the burearcrats
hamstringing the operation.
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