The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said Xcel began to store the tritium-contaminated groundwater in aboveground storage tanks without obtaining a required permit from the state.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said Xcel began to store the tritium-contaminated groundwater in aboveground storage tanks without obtaining a required permit from the state.
Without having knowledge of the cost of inspection I can’t answer that question.
I’m also not arguing against permits or the fact that they fucked up by not getting permitted, I’m just curious if that storage method is on par with the standard.
If so, then in your scenario the inspection would be at or near it’s minimal cost because the inspector would check see everything they expect and life would be groovy. This is opposed to nonstandard methods where the inspector will have to figure out what impact their method did or did not have on the local environment which costs much more time (and money)