Prevent Home Heating Oil Spills
Spills of
home heating oil can result in
devastating damage to private property and the environment and can be extremely
expensive to clean up. County Executive Andy Spano has been working with
representatives of the home heating oil industry to examine the causes of spills
and to help prevent spills from occurring.
One cause of spills is the overfilling of oil tanks during
deliveries. This type of spill is easily preventable by using a device
called a “vent alarm." Older oil tanks which have no such mechanism or a
mechanism not working correctly
present the greatest risk of a damaging overfill incident during delivery. Our
brochure,
Preventing Home Heating Oil Spills,
provides information about
overfill prevention devices, along with tips on general system maintenance and
conservation.
If you need assistance in determining whether your system has
(or needs) an overfill prevention device, the following home heating oil
companies will provide a free inspection, as well as a free estimate as to what
they would charge for installation of the device.
List of Participating Home
Heating Oil Dealers.