The PUSTRCB in June authorized the Attorney General to undertake an investigation and send demand letters to the oil companies to seek recovery of monies paid out by the fund. To review the letters sent to the companies by the Attorney General, please visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/PUSTRLetters.
Similar demand letters have been sent by Florida, Montana and Oklahoma. South Dakota has filed suit.
The Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Fund was created in 1989 in order to reimburse Ohio's petroleum underground storage tank owners and operators for the cleanup of leaking tank systems. By statute, all petroleum underground storage tank owners in the state of Ohio are required to pay an annual fee into the fund, which provides compensation for cleanup expenses. The fund is administered by the PUSTRCB., , , (Columbus) Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and the Petroleum
Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board (PUSTRCB) notified
the leaders of five major oil companies that his office is reviewing
whether they should be required to pay back tens of millions of dollars
in claims they made to a state fund intended to help gas station owners
and operators, individuals, and state and local governments address
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