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just could not afford that and expect to see any return,” she said.
Since January, the Mrs. Alezander said she has contacted several gasoline supply companies to no avail. “I guess these tanks are not worth their effort,” she said.
With all the pressure of the newly found “trace,” Mrs. Alexander has given gasoline pumping little thought.
“I’m worried to death,” she said of the situation, though she feels “gasoline is necessary out here. It’s too far for people to go for gasoline for their lawnmowers.”
While the Alexanders rent the store and the tanks from owner Hilda Winkler, who still lives on store premises, Mrs. Alexander does not know who is responsible for a clean-up if one is required.
“They said if no leak is found, then that is the end of the whole ordeal,” Mrs. Alexander said, adding she prays for a quick solution.
“When I came into this business, I heard a little rumor of the tank problem and I tried to get information from gas companies all around,” Mrs. Alexander said, referring to the 1989 law concerning the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks.
Now, Mrs. Alexander faces extreme cost. “I talk in nickels and dimes and these people talk in millions of dollars,” she said of the cost involved with the leak.
Pressurization of the two tanks will cost over $1,000. Clean-up, if a leak is found, could cost hundreds of thousands.
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