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By Paula Scott

Trucks, trucks and more trucks. Deliveries, power and cable companies, construction, etc., etc. Bluffton’s streets are filled with a wide variety of these service providers. One company can be seen parked with regularity on Main St., BJAAM Environmental.

I know from conversations with Fire Chief Jon Kinn that these crews are doing followup on a 2019 tank leak at the Marathon gas station. But what does that mean?

I got in touch with the State Fire Marshal's office to get the backstory on this project. They confirmed that “environmental consultant BJAAM Environmental is testing the soil and water at the gas station on 205 S. Main Street. They regularly provide reports to our office, the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR) detailing their findings and activities on behalf of the gas station owner. The owner has been in compliance with state and federal regulations.”

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Furthermore, they reported that “Around 26 monitoring wells have been installed for the project. These wells serve various purposes, including collecting samples for analysis, treating groundwater with gasoline, and monitoring the presence of gasoline in the soil and water over time. Although no gasoline has been found in the wells for over a year, they still need to be monitored.”

It was only the presence of the BJAAM trucks that stirred my interest in this activity. As an electronic news source, the Icon does not receive public notices regarding issues of concern to our community. Ohio law only requires that these be sent to print newspapers.

However, the Icon will now be tracking and sharing such announcements from https://www.publicnoticesohio.com/ This is a website allows entities to publish public notices and for them to be reviewed and searched by date, county, newspaper, and notice type.

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