Client Requirement: Our client needed advice on how to make an adequate abandonment of hydrocarbon tanks considering that it will be closing its activities in the premise where the hydrocarbon tanks are installed. Moreover, the advice requested had to consider that this premise was just rented by our client and that the landlord needed to get the premise without getting any obligations such as keeping or disposing the tank.
It is also important to take into consideration that one of the pillars of our client business philosophy is to minimise the use and waste of natural resources always keeping in mind the impact of its activities to reduce it as much as possible. Clearly, it was very important for our client to make the abandonment of the hydrocarbon tanks as environmentally friendly as possible beside complying with the current regulations.
Our participation: Our advice was comprehensive (not limited to what was specifically requested) since the abandonment of hydrocarbon tanks considers not only environmental but also a technical approach. From both perspectives there are regulatory obligations to comply with and our client got detailed information on such obligations and about the evidence it needed to keep and collect in order to avoid any challenging about the proper compliance.
Client benefit: Considering that a correct abandonment of hydrocarbon tanks is always a hot topic for any environmental care, the client gain certainty on how to proceed and on how to get the corresponding evidence of compliance, which is a key factor on any business such as the one of our client.
