Clean-up of gasoline at fire station a step toward consolidation.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January, 2001 | by Levine, Michael

Byline: Michael Levine Daily Herald Staff Writer The state will be picking up an estimated $100,000 bill for the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District to have gasoline cleared from its Dundee Road station. Spill cleanup needs to happen to prepare for the start on March 1 of a 10-year partial consolidation contract between the fire district and the village of Palatine, and to meet Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards, said Fire Chief Randee J.

Short. "It's all EPA-regulated," he said. The state agreed last week to pay for the cleanup from its Leaking Underground Storage Tanks fund, Short said. In 1991, gas tanks were removed from the station, located at 455 W. Dundee Road, which at that time was being used by the village of Palatine's...