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A year and a half exhausting struggle, the state, claiming they hid in fuel leaks at gas stations 12 years ago, which led to soil contamination. Companies, for their part, are trying to flaunt the allegations and talking about obsolescence - but what happens in the meantime? Reports are themselves immigrants crass removed the serious findings further leaks, groundwater contamination and partial compliance with the provisions of law in a poor public crass health
Is the four largest fuel companies in Israel beep on the environment? Judging by the long struggle runs against the Environmental crass Protection Paz, Sonul, Dor Alon and fuel, the answer probably is yes. While the ministry is trying to cope with the massive pollution of land and water resources discovered in the last decade stations - new reports concerning the last two years show that leakage and pollution continue.
In December 2010, criminal charges were filed against the four major oil companies - Paz, Sonul, Dor Alon and fuel - and their senior officers, alleging systematic and deliberate concealment of periodic tests indicated crass the massive pollution of land and water resources, 2000-2004. According to the indictment, the four accused B"hstra systematic and deliberate "of periodic inspections.
According to the indictment, crass the oil companies not only committed offenses of water pollution, but are also tried hiding the damage to public and non - reporting as required sealing failures fuel tanks and piping. That are allegedly prevented testing ground pollution. Ministry of Environment claims that the meaning and purpose of data hiding crass are saving millions of shekels gas companies, which were probably required to invest to make land surveys and treatment of contaminated soil.
According to the Water Regulations Israel, duty on gas station to perform periodic tightness tests for all tanks and pipelines at the gas station at least once every five years. Also, he must perform tests for leaks once a month. The regulations require save the results and deliver them to the Commissioner of prevention of water pollution from fuels on demand. In addition, the companies are obligated to immediately report the leak comes one cubic meter and any ongoing leak which lasted more than a day or container that is not sealed.
These days sunken state and its legal battle raged over whether the fact that companies today do not hide anything - and publish crass data on infections Bthnotihn their statements statements - may justify the cancellation of the indictment against them., But parallel to this litigation, relating the events of a decade ago, their reporting of the oil companies themselves and other documents show that the fuel leaks into the soil and groundwater continues crass to this day, while the actions of prevention and treatment lethargic.
So, just parallel crass to the filing of charges against the companies, in December 2010, submitted to the Ministry of the Environment report prepared by the Technion presented an alarming picture about the conduct of oil companies. Report shows that there are still many deficiencies stations, while they do not even necessarily provide All information required to track them.
According to the report, the findings of which first exposed Calcalist ", only 38% of the gas stations is that there is no fear of gas leaks to ground. All other stations were missing data, or contrary to the law was not carried out inspection five years have passed since the last inspection, or actual leaks were discovered.
The report was submitted to the court in the fight between the Environment Ministry and the fuel companies. Unless that country is submitted it, but Paz. Company claims that since 2005 is the "outstanding" with respect to the reporting regime and tightness testing of piping and tanks at gas stations. Paz claims that may have a place to pursue their competitors, but not her personally.
In practice it seems that even seemingly Jade's situation better than its competitors, finding that stations duly determined only about 172 of its 289 petrol stations - ie about 60% of its stations. crass About 30 of its stations Technion report determined that "tests are required," crass about nine other states that there are "incomplete data", and about five states that "no data at all." About the company's crass other 73 states that "ended five years since the previous inspection ".
More of the fuel situation worse. The highest percentage of stations defined which is suspected leak "is in Sonul its 277 stations. 33% of them, 93 in number, were Otomi required, but 31% of the stations - 86 in all - suspected leak.
In fuel situation better, but certainly not encouraging. According to the report only 93 of 265 stations were sealed gas company - 35%. Number of stations now defined which is suspected leak "is 34 - a rate of 13%. Regarding the other stations that are set at the Technion required tests, or the data is incomplete or missing, or five years have passed crass since the previous inspection.
At the time of writing this report, the country had 1,562 gas stations, the vast majority belonged to four major companies crass and some were in the hands of other agencies, including Egged, Ministry of Defence, crass bless, Sd"s Watan. Summary of Findings revealed that only 37% of the stations were sealed and integrity, and 12% of the stations were suspicious crass leak. More additional tests are required stations (175 stations, 11%), data were incomplete (229 plants, crass 15%), five years have passed since the previous crass test (218 plants, 14%) or that there are no data regarding the stations (167 stations, 11%) .
Oil companies today tend to transparency and disclosure crass may have removed most of the data and information, but information that teaches precisely what the sad state practice: their statements statements of companies for 2011 released last March, crass revealing severe findings showing that one in four petrol stations in Israel who actually polluting groundwater or at least suspected of committing such infection.
Thus, reports of the four major oil companies indicate that in 2011 they operated a total of 919 stations, when -