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"The issue for us is how do you assure that mitigation on the air side is a reasonable trade-off" for offering flexibility on the radon-in-water standard? Diamond asked. This is a difficult question to answer because the agency has, in the past, treated different media, such as air and water, as separate issues, he added. In areas where radon levels are high, water utilities are likely candidates for the cross-media mitigation, said Alan Roberson of the American Waterworks Association (AWWA). Some of these utilities may have to work with local health departments setting up indoor air radiation mitigation programs if states do not already have such programs, although AWWA hopes "the vast majority" of indoor air mitigation is done by the states, Roberson said. Radon is the leading cause of cancer among all pollutants found in drinking water, according to EPA, which in 1991 proposed a maximum contaminant level of 300 picocuries per liter. The proposal was withdrawn, and EPA is starting over. The SDWA requires that the standard, expected to be in place by 2000, be based on a National Academy of Sciences review. EPA cracks down on underground tanks Nearly one underground storage tank in three isn't meeting federal leak detection requirements, EPA and state inspectors have found. Reporting July 18 on the results of a May inspection campaign, EPA said 3192 of the 10,050 examined facilities were in violation of release detection or record-keeping requirements. Fines ranging from $50 to $300,000 were levied for the infractions, EPA said. The inspected facilities included gas stations as well as truck and bus fleet refueling depots. Over the past nine years, 320,000 underground storage tank releases have occurred, and 60% have resulted in groundwater contamination. Petroleum is the most common contaminant. EPA said there are approximately 1 million federally regulated underground storage tanks in use. The agency also used the enforcement effort as an opportunity to remind the owners of all tanks installed before December 1988 that December 1998 was the deadline for meeting stringent new requirements for spill, overfill, and corrosion protection.
