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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Leelanau County, MI
Every figure below is from EPA UST Finder — the EPA-compiled national registry of state-reported underground storage tanks — county aggregates as published by EPA.
109registered tank facilities
48open tanks
270closed tanks
70leak incidents on record
25cleanups still open
25 leak cleanups in
Leelanau County are still open — the state has not closed the case.
An open cleanup near a property you're buying or lending on is a findable, checkable fact: it appears in a
per-address screen with distance and the registry record.
Largest registered facilities
By open-tank count, from the facility-level registry. Every fact is attributed to the EPA record (linked ID); something wrong — use the correction path in the footer and we'll fix or remove it promptly.
| Facility | City | Open / closed tanks | Status | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J & J Food Shop | SUTTONS BAY | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | MI18867 |
| Empire EZ Mart | EMPIRE | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI15717 |
| M C Short Stop | MAPLE CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI4217 |
| Speedway #2301 | TRAVERSE CITY | 3 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI17486 |
| Deeps Corner Store | NORTHPORT | 3 / 4 | Open UST(s) | MI11364 |
| Holiday Station Store #182 | TRAVERSE CITY | 3 / 2 | Open UST(s) | MI12681 |
| Busby Oil & Propane | NORTHPORT | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI38911 |
| Shady Lane Market Inc | SUTTONS BAY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI2030 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire EZ Mart | Empire | 2017-10-16 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0269-17 |
| Empire EZ Mart | Empire | 2017-09-12 | Diesel | MIC-0220-17 |
| Shady Lane Market Inc | Suttons Bay | 2015-04-28 | Gasoline | MIC-0068-15 |
| Wales Quality Cleaners | Suttons Bay | 2013-11-20 | Other | MIC-0149-13 |
| Sunoco Qwik Mart | Suttons Bay | 2010-04-15 | Gasoline | MIC-0035-10 |
| Herman Comminity Park (Parcel B) | Suttons Bay | 2008-08-07 | Unknown | MIC-0014-13 |
What this means if you're buying or lending here
- "Closed" ≠ clean. A closed tank was taken out of service per the registry — many were closed without soil testing, especially before the late 1990s.
- The registry is incomplete by design. Tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered. A county with 109 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 25 cases in this county are still open; contamination may still be under investigation or remediation — distance from a specific parcel is what matters, and that's a per-address question.
Screen a specific property
This page covers the county. A purchase or loan decision needs the registry around one address: registered tanks at the parcel, every facility within 500 and 1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance — each line cited to the official record.
Screen an address — $49 How it worksThis is a screen of EPA-registered tank and leak records, not an environmental site assessment. State registries are incomplete by design: tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered, so a clean screen cannot prove the absence of a tank. "Closed" means a tank was taken out of service per the registry — it does not certify that no contamination remains.
source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04 computed 2026-06-12