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What Lies Beneath...The Facts about Underground Storage Tanks
1. What are the risks?
2. What are the legal regulations?
- Building/Fire Code
- State Water Control Law
3. What are the legal liabilities?
- Release Inspections
- Responsible Party
- Reporting Requirements
- Financial Liability
4. How should you advise your buyer or seller?
- Homeowner’s Disclosure Obligation
- Realtor Disclosure Obligation
- Buyer’s Due Diligence
5. Who will pay for necessary clean-up?
- Financial Assistance From the Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- Typical Out-of Pocket Costs
6. Tell me about the process.
- Leakage Inspection
- Addressing Leaking Tanks
- Addressing Non-leaking Tanks
7. Questions & Answers
Instructor
John S. Pollard is a Virginia Certified Professional Geologist and President of Pollard Environmental, LLC. He has over 15 years of consulting and contracting experience in underground petroleum storage tank compliance and environmental remediation. He received a B.S. in Earth Sciences from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia. Mr. Pollard is a member of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, and recently he served on a committee with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for determining policy and procedures for responding to petroleum releases from residential heating oil tanks.
Continuing Education Credit
We provide a 1-hr "awareness" and 3-hr "comprehensive" CE and PL credit courses. There is a fee of $5 per credit hour to cover costs of filing with DPOR. We are happy to schedule a course through your local real estate association or at individual real estate offices.
Comments from Realtors on ‘What Lies Beneath…’ Class
“Excellent Class!"
“Very Informative”
“(John) Pollard had a great blend of useful information and humor!”
“All Realtors need to attend this class with Pollard Environmental…a must and very informative!”
“This class was as ‘exciting’ as underground storage tanks can be…a necessary evil.”
(Comments on file with Pollard Environmental Class Reviews)
For more information call or contact us at:
804.761.3299
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