Does an open LUST cleanup near a District of Columbia 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: 101 of District of Columbia's 1,434 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 District of Columbia

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

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

1,434leak incidents on record

101cleanups still open

1,333closed — No Further Action

7.0%share still open

2018most recent report

District of Columbia cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
Washington DC	1,434	101

District of Columbia 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
District of Columbia	1,438	101

Most recently reported leaks in District of Columbia

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-03-01	U.S. SOLDIERS' & AIRMEN'S HOME	Washington DC	Unknown	Open
2018-02-22	U.S. SOLDIERS' & AIRMEN'S HOME	Washington DC	Unknown	Open
2018-01-30	300C PARTNERS LLC	Washington DC	Heating oil	No Further Action
2018-01-26	JERRY'S CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE CENTER	Washington DC	Gasoline and Diesel	Open
2017-12-07	OFF OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES MODERNIZATION	Washington DC	Heating Oil	No Further Action
2017-11-28	NEAL INVESTMENTS INC	Washington DC	Heating Oil	Open
2017-11-15	INTERNATIONAL AUTO CARE INC	Washington DC	Gasoline, Heating Oil	No Further Action
2017-11-15	INNOVATIVE RECYCLERS INC	Washington DC	Heating Oil	No Further Action
2017-11-08	JOHN N. DEOUDES ETAL	Washington DC	Gasoline	Open
2017-11-01	FOULGER-PRATT DEVELOPMENT LLC	Washington DC	Diesel	Open
2017-10-17	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Washington DC	diesel and gasoline	Open
2017-09-21	DC DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES	Washington DC	Diesel	No Further Action
2017-09-21	SPRING ROAD LLC	Washington DC	Unknown-Substances	Open
2017-09-21	BLADENSBURG ROAD LLC	Washington DC	Unknown-Substances	No Further Action
2017-09-13	1915 NEW YORK AVE LTD PTSH	Washington DC	Heating Oil	Open
2017-07-21	UNKNOWN	Washington DC	Heating Oil	No Further Action
2017-07-06	SEARS,ROEBUCK AND CO.	Washington DC	Gasoline	No Further Action
2017-05-11	DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES	Washington DC	Heating Oil	Open
2017-05-10	DC HOUSING AUTHORITY	Washington DC	Heating Oil	No Further Action
2017-03-30	NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON.	Washington DC	Heating Oil	No Further Action

Screen a specific District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia — registered facilities, open and closed tanks, county by county — is on the District of Columbia 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