Tuesday, May 26, 2009

PA Blue Bell Gas Leak a Lingering Problem 11 Years later

May 26, 2009- Eleven years after a massive gasoline leak from Blue Bell Gulf tainted groundwater and sent vapors through a swath of Whitpain Township, the problems it caused haven't been solved.

The cleanup bill for the 13,000-gallon leak is $12.1 million and climbing. Dozens of neighbors of the former station are a decade into a court fight over the pollution that remains years from a tidy ending. The gas station's owner, now unemployed, is trying to get off the hook for the entire cost of the mess.

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