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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Wayne 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.
4,037registered tank facilities
3,263open tanks
11,354closed tanks
4,503leak incidents on record
1,531cleanups still open
1,531 leak cleanups in
Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamometer Laboratory (#763) | DEARBORN | 18 / 63 | Open UST(s) | MI36918 |
| Ammex Inc | DETROIT | 13 / 11 | Open UST(s) | MI35589 |
| Ford Motor Co-Allen Park Test Laboratories #793 | ALLEN PARK | 8 / 12 | Open UST(s) | MI13900 |
| DDOT Shoemaker Garage | DETROIT | 8 / 12 | Open UST(s) | MI13466 |
| DPW Solid Waste Div (Russell-Perry Yard) | DETROIT | 8 / 9 | Open UST(s) | MI19073 |
| Test Track Fuel Station (#738) | DEARBORN | 8 / 1 | Open UST(s) | MI37587 |
| Z.A.S. Inc | BELLEVILLE | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | MI40125 |
| DDOT Center Garage | DETROIT | 7 / 6 | Open UST(s) | MI2780 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemos Oil LLC | Detroit | 2018-09-19 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel | MIC-0205-18 |
| John R Gas Mart Inc | Detroit | 2018-09-18 | Kerosene,Other,Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline | MIC-0204-18 |
| Ribhi Baders Service Inc | Romulus | 2018-09-13 | Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel | MIC-0198-18 |
| Cummings-Moore Graphite Co | Detroit | 2018-09-07 | Waste Oil | MIC-0196-18 |
| Speedway #2355 | Plymouth | 2018-08-31 | Gasoline,Other | MIC-0193-18 |
| Gordie Howe International Bridge Parcel 5683 (FAC10000203) | Detroit | 2018-08-30 | Used Oil,Used Oil,Used Oil | MIC-0186-18 |
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 4,037 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 1,531 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