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Figure 7-18 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Releases and Cleanup: 1990-2015

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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  Cumulative cleanup New releasees
1990 19.3%  
1991 21.0% 39,288
1992 30.1% 57,641
1993 36.7% 52,565
1994 39.7% 33,545
1995 43.2% 33,068
1996 48.1% 13,853
1997 52.2% 24,285
1998 54.7% 29,614
1999 57.5% 26,434
2000 60.6% 14,571
2001 64.2% 6,526
2002 66.6% 8,389
2003 69.0% 12,078
2004 71.0% 7,848
2005 73.6% 4,808
2006 75.5% 12,687
2007 77.1% 9,399
2008 78.6% 5,690
2009 79.5% 8,679
2010 81.2% 6,501
2011 82.5% 6,726
2012 83.7% 5,817
2013 84.9% 6,583
2014 85.8% 7,148
2015 86.4% 7,250

NOTES: All data are cumulative from the start of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Underground Storage Tank program, which began in 1984.

Data represent fiscal year, October 1 through September 30.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 4-55, Available at http://www.bts.gov as of April 2016.