Does an open LUST cleanup near a Arizona property affect a sale?

An open cleanup on or near a parcel is what a lender's Phase I environmental site assessment flags, usually weeks into a deal. The public record is available on day one: 435 of Arizona's 9,103 recorded leak incidents are still open, and each one has a location, a status and a reporting date.

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Leaking underground storage tanks in Arizona

Name: Arizona leaking underground storage tank (LUST) incidents (EPA UST Finder)
Creator: UST Check
License: https://ustcheck.com/tos/

Leak (LUST) incidents Arizona's tank program has reported to EPA — what is still in cleanup, and what the state has closed. Data vintage 2024-12-04.

9,103leak incidents on record

435cleanups still open

8,668closed — No Further Action

4.8%share still open

2023most recent report

Arizona cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
PHOENIX	2,457	73
TUCSON	1,208	43
YUMA	286	25
HOLBROOK	89	22
PRESCOTT	131	21
WINSLOW	80	21
SHOW LOW	53	13
PARKER	38	11
FLAGSTAFF	251	10
COOLIDGE	60	10
PAGE	36	10
SCOTTSDALE	254	9
KINGMAN	191	9
MESA	537	8
GLENDALE	219	8
TEMPE	306	7
BLACK CANYON CITY	8	7
NOGALES	46	6
QUARTZSITE	17	6
JOSEPH CITY	9	6
BULLHEAD CITY	79	5
BUCKEYE	55	5
DOUGLAS	50	5
MUNDS PARK	11	5
CASA GRANDE	99	4
LAKE HAVASU CITY	87	4
ELOY	60	4
COTTONWOOD	36	4
DUNCAN	9	4
GLOBE	62	3
SAFFORD	41	3
PINETOP-LAKESIDE	35	3
BENSON	34	3
WILLCOX	33	3
WICKENBURG	31	3
FISH CREEK (HISTORICAL)	5	3
CHANDLER	122	2
WILLIAMS	53	2
SALOME	30	2
SAINT JOHNS	29	2

Arizona counties with the most open cleanups

EPA's county rollup. Each county page adds the tank inventory — registered facilities, open and closed tanks.

County	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
Maricopa	4,557	133
Navajo	383	69
Pima	1,346	44
Coconino	492	39
Yavapai	329	35
Yuma	347	30
La Paz	143	27
Pinal	451	22
Mohave	431	19
Apache	176	17
Cochise	299	15
Santa Cruz	66	6
Greenlee	42	5
Gila	197	4
Graham	71	4

Most recently reported leaks in Arizona

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2023-08-16	"CHINLE Unified School District 24, Transportation, Dept."	Chinle	Diesel; Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol)	No Further Action
2022-10-10	McGEE TRADERS aka PINON TRADING POST (UNION 76)	Pinon	Unknown Petroleum	Open
2022-01-05	JACKSON ENERGY 6797 (FORMERLY WOODY'S FOOD STORE/WOODY'S CHEVRON)	Parker	Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol)	Open
2019-12-19	WOODYS FOOD STORE #131	KINGMAN	Gasoline (UL)	Open
2019-12-10	MOHAVE MOBILE MART	MOHAVE VALLEY	not reported	No Further Action
2019-12-06	CIRCLE K #2700412	GILBERT	Gasoline (UL)	Open
2019-11-22	MEADVIEW AUTO AND MARINE	MEADVIEW	Gasoline (UL)	No Further Action
2019-11-21	HAPPY FOOD MART	MESA	Gasoline (UL)	No Further Action
2019-11-20	SHERIFFS POSSE OF SUN CITY INC	SUN CITY	Gasoline (UL)	Open
2019-11-19	DUNLAP CHEVRON	BISBEE	Gasoline (UL),Gasoline (PUL),Diesel	Open
2019-11-13	CIRCLE K #2700693	PHOENIX	Gasoline (PUL)	Open
2019-11-07	SNAPPY'S GAS & TIRE	ELFRIDA	Diesel	No Further Action
2019-11-06	SALOME SHOPPING CENTER	SALOME	Gasoline (UL)	Open
2019-11-05	VALERO FOOD MART - BROADWAY GAS	MESA	Gasoline (PUL),Gasoline (UL),Gasoline (Mid-Grade UL)	Open
2019-11-01	CIRCLE K #2701620	PHOENIX	Gasoline (PUL)	Open
2019-10-24	FREDDIES #1 QUICK STOP	WINSLOW	Gasoline (UL),Diesel	Open
2019-10-14	SHELL FOOD MART	FLAGSTAFF	Gasoline (UL)	No Further Action
2019-10-09	DOUGLAS CHEVRON	DOUGLAS	Gasoline (UL),Diesel,Gasoline (PUL)	No Further Action
2019-10-07	FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA #609	ELOY	Diesel	Open
2019-09-24	DIAMOND DOT MARKET #431	QUEEN CREEK	Gasoline (UL),Other	No Further Action

Screen a specific Arizona address

State counts set the context; a deal needs the record around one parcel — registered tanks on it, facilities within 500 and 1,500 feet, leak cleanups with status and distance, every line cited to the official record. Same data a Phase I environmental assessment starts from, in your hands before the offer.

Screen an address — $49

Tank inventory for Arizona — registered facilities, open and closed tanks, county by county — is on the Arizona county tables.

This 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. EPA's LUST layer carries a county field for some states and not others, so city is the primary breakdown here; the county table is EPA's own county rollup.

source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04