Posted by Dave, a resident of San Ramon, on Feb 5, 2013 at 3:34 pm

"The suit alleges that this resulted in leak detection sensors at multiple ARCO stations in the county to be positioned so they were unable to detect a fuel leak at the earliest possible opportunity."

According to ABC 7 news, these sensors are to be installed underground next to the tanks. They were found at several gas stations one or two inches under the lid at the access port.

My question: Who inspected these tanks while under construction. If the contractor made a mistake AND it was not picked up by the building inspector, why is thsi ARCO/BP's fault?

I just don't want to see gas going up higher AND I would like to see the reponsible party take repsonsibility for their actions!

Posted by Anne, a resident of San Ramon, on Feb 6, 2013 at 11:12 pm

Our gas prices and taxes go up when the fuel leaks into the soil and groundwater and then needs to be cleaned up. Cleanups cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars. These gas station owners know better. These laws have been in effect for many years.

Posted by Dave, a resident of San Ramon, on Feb 7, 2013 at 7:05 am

Anne, you are missing my point. A building inspector for either a city or county was apointed to 'sign off' all phases of construction. They do this to 'protect' the public. Why is the inspector not being held accoutable???

The same thing has happened in residential construction, cities and counties are sending out unqualified inspectors and the consumer ends up paying for the mistakes of the contractor, because the inpsectors, assigned to protect the public, have let us down.