Does an open LUST cleanup near a Georgia 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: 1,075 of Georgia's 17,924 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 Georgia

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

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

17,924leak incidents on record

1,075cleanups still open

16,849closed — No Further Action

6.0%share still open

2018most recent report

Georgia cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
ATLANTA	1,672	88
SAVANNAH	535	30
VALDOSTA	205	25
COLUMBUS	416	22
MACON	411	22
MARIETTA	494	16
GAINESVILLE	235	16
ALBANY	317	15
DECATUR	302	15
CARROLLTON	119	12
JESUP	65	12
EATONTON	62	10
AUGUSTA	397	9
ATHENS	288	9
LAWRENCEVILLE	172	9
LAGRANGE	130	9
TUCKER	117	9
BRUNSWICK	213	8
GRIFFIN	125	8
MILLEDGEVILLE	97	8
COVINGTON	93	8
MCDONOUGH	78	8
THOMSON	70	8
THOMASTON	59	8
SWAINSBORO	49	8
WAYCROSS	140	7
CARTERSVILLE	138	7
CHAMBLEE	137	7
NEWNAN	127	7
STATESBORO	113	7
DORAVILLE	106	7
LILBURN	72	7
CEDARTOWN	65	7
MADISON	52	7
SYLVANIA	43	7
ROME	202	6
CONYERS	127	6
CALHOUN	125	6
CUMMING	116	6
AMERICUS	67	6

Georgia 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
Fulton	1,842	89
DeKalb	1,139	72
Gwinnett	788	36
Chatham	664	36
Cobb	955	34
Lowndes	243	28
Bibb	412	23
Clayton	487	22
Muscogee	418	22
Carroll	200	21
Hall	328	20
Troup	177	18
Bartow	187	16
Dougherty	321	15
Polk	109	15
Liberty	153	14
Wayne	79	13
Richmond	437	12
Coweta	164	12
Clarke	299	11
Henry	154	11
Bulloch	132	11
Walton	126	11
Upson	64	11
Newton	112	10
Jackson	99	10
Barrow	91	10
Emanuel	76	10
Putnam	63	10
Floyd	223	9
Cherokee	199	9
Gordon	150	9
Spalding	133	9
Glynn	284	8
Douglas	175	8
Forsyth	145	8
Walker	120	8
Baldwin	100	8
Meriwether	79	8
McDuffie	73	8

Most recently reported leaks in Georgia

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-03-28	AMBIKA FOOD MART INC	SAVANNAH	not reported	Open
2018-03-16	TEMPLE CENTRAL LLC	COHUTTA	not reported	Open
2018-03-16	GOLDEN ISLES SUPER CENTER INC	BAXLEY	not reported	Open
2018-03-15	FORMER NUGENT'S BAKERY	SAVANNAH	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-15	BRYAN OIL CO INC	PEMBROKE	not reported	Open
2018-03-14	CLYDES MARKET #77	METTER	not reported	Open
2018-03-14	KROGER GA 447	STONE MOUNTAIN	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-08	NESMITH-WALKER CHEVROLET	JESUP	not reported	Open
2018-03-05	COLQUITT EMC	MOULTRIE	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-05	SANDERS RD BUS SHOP	MARIETTA	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-01	D B DIXON GROCERY	COVINGTON	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-01	MCKENZIE TANK LINES INC	ALMA	not reported	No Further Action
2018-03-01	BP SHOP	REX	not reported	Open
2018-02-27	DART CONTAINER OF GEORGIA	LITHONIA	not reported	Open
2018-02-27	DENNIS TAYLOR & CO INC	DULUTH	not reported	No Further Action
2018-02-23	FLASH FOODS #228	GORDON	not reported	No Further Action
2018-02-23	ENK746	ROCKY FORD	not reported	Open
2018-02-21	BLASHFIELD	ATLANTA	not reported	No Further Action
2018-02-09	BRUNER PROPERTY-LEESBURG HWY	DAWSON	not reported	No Further Action
2018-02-06	ECONO FLASH #5	LITHIA SPRINGS	not reported	Open

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