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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lewis 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.
146registered tank facilities
77open tanks
425closed tanks
83leak incidents on record
3cleanups still open
3 leak cleanups in
Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL | TURIN (T) | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | NY41158 |
| STEWART'S SHOPS CORP. #443 | LOWVILLE V | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NY42716 |
| SUNOCO #0646-1438 | LOWVILLE V | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NY41243 |
| FASTRAC MARKET #274 | Lowville | 4 / 5 | Open UST(s) | NY41424 |
| STEWART'S SHOP #339 | HARRISVILLE V | 4 / 4 | Open UST(s) | NY43472 |
| 7-ELEVEN #40493 | LOWVILLE | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NY469891 |
| STEWART'S SHOPS CORP. #372 | LYONS FALLS (V) | 4 / 3 | Open UST(s) | NY43335 |
| PORT LEYDEN CITGO | PORT LEYDEN V | 4 / 0 | Open UST(s) | NY43825 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEACH FOOD SERVICE | LOWVILLE | 1992-01-22 | — | NY9110955 |
| LOWVILLE FARMER COOP | LOWVILLE | 1990-05-11 | — | NY9001715 |
| BURKHART BROTHERS | LOWVILLE | 1990-05-03 | — | NY9001327 |
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 146 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 3 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