Abstract
Abstract The presence of leaking underground storage tanks (LUST) may present environmental justice (EJ) concerns including groundwater contamination for communities with a number of USTs, other environmental hazards, and poor infrastructure. The purpose of this study is to assess ten years of residential LUST exposure data in Maryland across areas with varying sociodemographic composition. Methods: We linked ten years of site-specific LUST remediation data with 2010 Census data. Simple linear regression was conducted using R to predict increases in proximity to LUSTs based on independent sociodemographic variables as well as diversity and deprivation indices. Results: Consistently, across the state, census tracts with a higher composition of white residents demonstrated more resistance to decaying distance between adjacent LUSTs (Beta=0.003; p<0.05) than census tracts with higher composition of non-white (Beta=−0.003; p<0.05) and similar trends for % poverty, % < than high school (HS) education, % homes ...
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