More than 5 billion gallons of firing will be dispensed this year at private commercial sites that are not in compliance with 1998 U Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

More than 5 billion gallons of firing will be dispensed this year at private commercial sites that are not in compliance with 1998 U Environmental Protection Agency regulations. "Our overlook of more than 1,300 commercial rapid operators found that only 52 percent of these operators with subterranean tanks are currently in compliance with all 1998 EPA regulations, including corrosion shielded tanks and piping, spill containment, overfill prevention and leak detection," says Joseph Slagle of Havill & Co Toledo, Ohio, a marketing research and consulting firm specializing in the mineral oil industry.

The take a view of which was funded by companies that are leaders in stone oil equipment manufacturing, fleet card processing and mineral tar marketing industries, is the first research of its kind to analyze the off-site and on-site refueling practices of commercial quick operators.

By breaking the commercial market into portions -- agriculture, construction, service, wholesale, retail, over-the-road/passenger carrier, utility and