Gunpowder Chronicle posted on September 8, 2007 11:36 PM | Rating:
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Exxon/Mobil is now up to FOUR stations in Nothern Maryland that have had serious problems pouring MTBE into the ground.
First, there was the Exxon in Upper Crossroads (MD 165 and MD 152) outside Fallston.
Second, there was the 26,000 gallon gas spill in Jacksonville at Four Corners. Jacksonville thought they had it bad when the US Army virtually destroyed the underground water supply when Nike Missile Fuel was spilled. That was peanuts compared to the 26,000 gallon leak that was "discovered" last Winter.
Third, the Parkton Exxon closed this winter after the MTBE levels got too high and Exxon said "to hell with it".
The fourth station in the list -- another Meadowcroft station, by the way, just like in Parkton -- is the Hereford Exxon on Mt. Carmel Road. The station will close in a couple of weeks for almost three months as tanks are replaced as a result of the MTBE leaks.
My question to Wade Kach, JB Jennings, and Pat McDonough -- and others -- would be: When in God's name will the State of Maryland "man up" and hold Exxon accountable? Is there ANY extra scrutiny being given to the other thousand or so Exxon outlets state wide? Four stations in a 35 mile radius is a little bizarre, don't you think?
Of course, I don't buy the majority of my gas in Maryland-- Pennsylvania is usually a nickel or so cheaper -- and I certainly didn't buy it at a Meadowcroft station (I have heard far too much about the good old days when you could still water down gas and not destroy an internal combustion engine).
But this is getting a little bizarre.
What is going on at the former Standard Oil?