Leaking Underground Storage Tanks are underground tanks which have been identified as leaking through either owner notification, inspection, or real estate transactions. These tanks are often referred to as active(they have not yet been cleaned up or investigated completely) or inactive (they have been investigated and are no longer being investigated  for clean up).  In the East St. Louis community three leaking Underground Storage Tanks have been reported:

  ILDOT BOWMAN MAINT YARD located at 7th St. & Bowman
  ONEIL LUMBER CO. located at 2001 Lynch Ave.
  PFIZER INC MPM DIV, HARCROSS located at 2001 Lynch Ave.
The Toxic Release Inventory is information from facilities who have released toxic chemicals into the air, land, or water. Facilities must report their releases if they meet the following four requirements;

1. They must be a manufacturing facility
2. They must have at least ten full-time workers.
3. They must either manufacture or process more than 25,000 pounds of the chemical or
     or use more than 10,000 pounds during the year.
4. The chemical must be on the TRI list of 350 specific toxic chemicals or chemical
     categories.