Does an open LUST cleanup near a Maine 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: 8 of Maine's 3,107 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 Maine

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

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

3,107leak incidents on record

8cleanups still open

3,099closed — No Further Action

0.3%share still open

2018most recent report

Maine cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
PORTLAND	183	1
SOUTH PORTLAND	95	1
BANGOR	94	1
BRUNSWICK	51	1
KITTERY	42	1
FREEPORT	20	1
BAILEYVILLE	19	1
DEER ISLE	3	1

Maine 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
Cumberland	669	4
York	454	1
Penobscot	396	1
Hancock	118	1
Washington	118	1
Androscoggin	253	—
Kennebec	242	—
Aroostook	156	—
Oxford	124	—
Somerset	121	—
Knox	94	—
Franklin	83	—
Sagadahoc	83	—
Lincoln	75	—
Waldo	70	—
Piscataquis	41	—

Most recently reported leaks in Maine

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-01-01	—	BUXTON	Oil - Other - Specified in Report	No Further Action
2018-01-01	—	LISBON	#2 Fuel Oil	No Further Action
2018-01-01	—	PORTLAND	Diesel	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	WOOLWICH	Unleaded Gasoline	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	LEWISTON	Diesel	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	BRIDGTON	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	LEWISTON	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	LEWISTON	Unspecified Oil	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	SOUTH BERWICK	Lube Oil	No Further Action
2017-01-01	—	SANFORD	#1 Fuel Oil - Kerosene	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	PORTLAND	Hazardous Chemical - Specified in report	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	YORK	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	PARSONSFIELD	#2 Fuel Oil	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	FREEPORT	Non-Hazardous Chemical - Specified in report	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	BRIDGTON	Unspecified Oil	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	BETHEL	Diesel	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	PORTLAND	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2016-01-01	—	PORTLAND	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2015-01-01	—	SOUTH PORTLAND	Hydraulic Oil	No Further Action
2015-01-01	—	KITTERY	#2 Fuel Oil	No Further Action

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