### Question
What does release mean?


### Answer
**Release** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 6991*:

> any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank into ground water, surface water or subsurface soils

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6991*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 81-ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL > SUBCHAPTER IX-REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS**

