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<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary financial  information  extracted from Tanknology
Environmental,  Inc.'s financial statements as of and for the nine month period
ended September 30, 1996,  and is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to 
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Rick Berry
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