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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Chittenden County, VT
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.
561registered tank facilities
350open tanks
1,537closed tanks
353leak incidents on record
107cleanups still open
107 leak cleanups in
Chittenden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of VT & State Ag College | Burlington | 6 / 10 | Open UST(s) | VT950 |
| Jiffy Mart #468 | South Burlington | 5 / 13 | Open UST(s) | VT223 |
| Jolley Mobil South | South Burlington | 5 / 7 | Open UST(s) | VT1117 |
| Colchester Shell 150-C1 | Colchester | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | VT559 |
| Handy's Shell | Burlington | 5 / 2 | Open UST(s) | VT8620284 |
| R R Charlebois Trucking | Milton | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VT3056 |
| Jolley Redwood Plaza | Milton | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VT111 |
| Costco Gasoline Loc No. 314 | Colchester | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | VT3016 |
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 561 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 107 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