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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Erie County, NY
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.
2,051registered tank facilities
1,308open tanks
5,195closed tanks
2,036leak incidents on record
2cleanups still open
2 leak cleanups in
Erie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION | Buffalo | 8 / 7 | Open UST(s) | NY52258 |
| JIM'S TRUCK PLAZA | Cheektowaga | 8 / 7 | Open UST(s) | NY53422 |
| BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE (SUNY) | Buffalo | 8 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NY52375 |
| TOWN OF AMHERST WWTF #16 | Buffalo | 7 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NY52157 |
| GISEL-WOLFRED BUS GARAGE | Buffalo | 7 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NY54778 |
| SUNY AT BUFFALO - SOUTH CAMPUS | Buffalo | 6 / 17 | Open UST(s) | NY52649 |
| ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE | Buffalo | 6 / 12 | Open UST(s) | NY52860 |
| DELTA SONIC CAR WASH- AMHERST | Amherst | 6 / 12 | Open UST(s) | NY53307 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORMER PETRO-USA/GETTY OIL | TONAWANDA | 1999-05-01 | — | NY9975142 |
| BAUER SERVICE | ORCHARD PARK | 1986-08-07 | — | NY8603051 |
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 2,051 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 2 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