More than 5 billion gallons of firi...

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 take a view of of more than 1,300 commercial armada operators found that only 52 percent of these operators with subterraneous tanks are currently in compliance with all 1998 EPA regulations, including corrosion countenanceed 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 seneca oil industry.

The scan which was funded by companies that are leaders in rock oil equipment manufacturing, fleet card processing and rock oil marketing industries, is the first research of its kind to analyze the off-site and on-site refueling practices of commercial nimble operators.

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