News & Outreach

Welcome to PLIA’s News & Outreach page. Here are important announcements and recent information about our agency and programs. 

Announcements

• PLIA is hosting a virtual and in-person meeting for Service Providers on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 regarding operations of our Heating Oil Programs.  For more details, please review the meeting agenda, and, if you have any questions, please direct them to Kory Neidich.
• 4/11/2023 – PLIA is currently seeking bids for Environmental Consulting Services (link to Washington’s Electronic Business Solution for Vendors).
• Join us for the UST-Heating Oil Loan and Grant Rulemaking Listening Sessions. Sessions are now scheduled for Wednesday, April 26, 2023 from 12 pm – 1:30 pm (Zoom link) and Wednesday, May 3, 2023 from 2 pm – 3:30 pm (Zoom link).
• PLIA offers language interpretation services for our customers and partners at no charge. Please let us know when contacting us. Documents in other languages are listed on our Translated Documents page.

News Releases

This presentation covered PLIA’s heating oil programs and how our agency can assist residential property owners with the environmental cleanup from a heating oil tank release.

Outreach

Quick Stop#4 is a family-owned and operated convenience store and gas station in Longview, Washington. The owners received a loan award of $700,000. Loan dollars funded the installation of a new, 22,000 gallon fiberglass tank, double wall piping, a new canopy, and an electric vehicle charging station to be installed in 2022.

Seaview Mobil, a gas station and convenience store, is located in Pacific County, Washington. The owners received a loan award of $630,000 which paid for the removal of two tanks, closure of one tank in place, and the installation of one new, 23,000 gallon fiberglass tank. Upgrades included installation of an electric vehicle charging station.

Reports, Presentations, and Other Information

PLIA’s Executive Director and representatives from other state agencies across the country presented on the topic of Emerging Trends Impacting UST Programs at the 2022 National Tanks Conference.

This presentation covered PLIA’s UST Loan & Grant Program and funding opportunities for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

PLIA presented at the Law Seminars International’s Comprehensive Seminar on the 31st Anniversary of the Model Toxics Control Act.

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