[Hugh R]

Looks like a containment wall around the tank farm, but I could be wrong. But obviously inadequate/ineffective if there was one. Still stupid place to put a methanol-based extraction chemical storage plant. That chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol is 100% soluble in water, so they can't chemically remove it by filtering, or chelation or anything. One report said it "spilled" out of a tank, maybe overfilling a tank during filling or chemical pump transfer from one tank to another.

Why wasn't it inspected in 20 years? I used to do EPA contract compliance inspection work in WV 25-30 years ago, and yes I can tell you that the regs back then were very Lax. I just looked at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection website home page and there is nothing on this issue. Sure it might be buried somewhere.