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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Merrick County, NE
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.
16registered tank facilities
38open tanks
4closed tanks
60leak incidents on record
4cleanups still open
4 leak cleanups in
Merrick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALSER SERVICE INC | CENTRAL CITY | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE5986 |
| TROTTERS WHOA & GO | PALMER | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE11785 |
| PUMP & PANTRY #29 | CENTRAL CITY | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12701 |
| PUMP & PANTRY #5 | CHAPMAN | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE409 |
| KWIK STOP #9 | CENTRAL CITY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE8386 |
| CENTRAL CITY BULK PLANT | CENTRAL CITY | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE12166 |
| KWIK STOP #20 | CLARKS | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE7998 |
| SAPP BROS | CLARKS | 3 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NE6922 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOMGAARS | CENTRAL CITY | 2010-08-19 | GASOLINE | NE 081910-PH-1345 |
| JIM, INC. | CENTRAL CITY | 1991-10-04 | GAS OR DIESEL | NE 032291-NH-1430 |
| LEMMERMAN WELL | PALMER | 1991-04-24 | BENZENE, 1, 2-DICHLOROETHANE | NE 052991-SM-0730 |
| PALMER COOP | PALMER | 1990-10-27 | GASOLINE AND DIESEL | NE 10300-EPP-1500 |
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 16 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 4 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