A review could take six months or longer, state environmental officials said.
But the reality was different, health and environmental officials say.
The cost could range between $25,000 and $100,000 per tank, according to state environmental officials.
For the most part, environmental officials believe, the damaged areas are coming back.
If Federal environmental officials agree, the city would save $1 billion over the next nine years.
For the last year and a half, he said, state environmental department officials told him that they were handling the case.
The proposed power plants are under review by state environmental officials.
State and Federal environmental officials recently said the cleanup was meeting standards.
State environmental officials have set a goal of just 1 part per million for river mud.
State environmental officials, however, said such a study would take only a fraction of that time and money.