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A Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”) February 13th publication noted the White House’s proposal for funding the federal leaking underground storage tank program.

The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association is a PMAA state chapter.

The referenced funding was part of the President’s 2019 Budget and Infrastructure Plan.

PMAA states that the leaking underground storage tank program funding would be reduced to $47 million. The federal trade association expressed its concern stating:

If states do not receive funding, then they will find other ways to cover the costs including increasing tank fees. In previous years, Congress has appropriated between $90 - $100 million each year; an amount PMAA urges Congress to continue to appropriate. Republican appropriators have noted that EPA’s budget had already been dropping over the past few years, and lawmakers from both parties criticized the President’s blueprint for cutting popular programs.