Former Arizona Convenience Store Owner to Pay Up to $400,000 in Underground Storage Tank Settlement at 10 Sites
Source: Arizona DEQ
June 8, 2010 - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Arizona Attorney General's Office announced today that the owner of a former Prescott convenience store and its affiliates have agreed to pay up to $400,000 in cleanup costs and penalties in a settlement involving underground storage tanks in Prescott and nine other sites around the state.

In a consent judgment filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, Rick Bell Oil Company and Bell Gas of Arizona, Inc. agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty during the next year for the Prescott site. Bell Gas Inc. will secure a certificate of deposit for up to $300,000 to guarantee Rick Bell Oil Company and Bell Gas of Arizona, Inc. clean the remaining nine sites.