Does an open LUST cleanup near a Michigan 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: 8,674 of Michigan's 23,470 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 Michigan

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

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

23,470leak incidents on record

8,674cleanups still open

14,796closed — No Further Action

37.0%share still open

2023most recent report

Michigan cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
Detroit	1,811	709
Lansing	509	219
Flint	486	198
Grand Rapids	593	186
Saginaw	408	137
Kalamazoo	334	120
Jackson	259	114
Dearborn	278	108
DETROIT	286	103
Bay City	200	87
Warren	341	81
Muskegon	206	77
Traverse City	178	61
Pontiac	170	61
Southfield	194	59
Livonia	238	58
FLINT	128	56
Sault Sainte Marie	82	55
Battle Creek	174	54
LANSING	115	53
Ypsilanti	182	51
Midland	105	51
Royal Oak	121	49
Monroe	139	48
Taylor	136	48
Ann Arbor	259	45
Farmington Hills	127	45
Waterford	123	44
Redford	118	43
Wyoming	131	41
GRAND RAPIDS	124	41
Port Huron	117	41
Mount Pleasant	81	39
Alpena	78	36
Roseville	128	35
Benton Harbor	94	35
Westland	86	34
Holland	136	33
Cadillac	78	33
Mt Pleasant	71	33

Michigan 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
Wayne	4,503	1,531
Oakland	2,289	708
Genesee	1,093	487
Macomb	1,515	395
Kent	1,209	372
Ingham	754	347
Saginaw	691	256
Jackson	420	180
Kalamazoo	520	179
Berrien	481	178
Washtenaw	717	169
Bay	343	149
St. Clair	383	144
Muskegon	361	137
Calhoun	382	121
Marquette	205	120
Isabella	216	116
Ottawa	403	115
Eaton	275	115
Monroe	328	103
Chippewa	159	100
Livingston	214	97
Lapeer	185	92
Van Buren	209	90
Midland	169	86
Lenawee	239	83
Allegan	236	81
Tuscola	179	78
Grand Traverse	235	77
Iosco	126	74
Montcalm	150	73
Delta	116	71
Sanilac	141	65
Clinton	187	62
Ionia	130	62
Shiawassee	141	61
Wexford	136	56
Ogemaw	115	56
Gratiot	154	55
Cheboygan	114	52

Most recently reported leaks in Michigan

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2023-11-28	Ojibwa BP ( Former "Bay Shore BP", "Baraga Mobil Mart")	Baraga	Diesel	Open
2023-11-28	Ojibwa BP ( Former "Bay Shore BP", "Baraga Mobil Mart")	Baraga	Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol)	Open
2021-09-19	Ojibwa BP ( Former "Bay Shore BP", "Baraga Mobil Mart")	Baraga	Diesel	No Further Action
2021-06-09	#819 Rosebush X-Way EZ Mart (FKA: 4130 Rosebush, LLC; Baumann's Supperette; Baumann's IGA; Baumann's Gas Co.)	Rosebush	Unknown Petroleum	Open
2021-01-29	Tilmann Hardware, Inc.	Mount Pleasant	Gasoline (containing <=10% ethanol)	Open
2019-02-06	Village Pantry #5039 ( Former "Imperial Mt Pleasant #39", "M-20 Amoco", "Next Door Foods # 1039", "Marathon Village Pantry #1039", "Village Pantry #1039")	Mount Pleasant	Unknown Petroleum	Open
2018-10-04	North Area Energy Center	Cass City	Gasoline,Diesel	Open
2018-10-04	Kellys Marathon	Au Gres	Gasoline,Gasoline	Open
2018-10-02	Sunrise Store 16	Harrison	Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline	Open
2018-09-26	B's Shop & Fly	Quincy	Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel,Kerosene	Open
2018-09-25	Rivertown EZ Mart	Cheboygan	Gasoline,Gasoline	Open
2018-09-21	Farmington Public Schools Maintenance & Operations Facility	Farmington Hills	Gasoline,Diesel	Open
2018-09-19	Meijer #119 Gas Station	Kalamazoo	Gasoline	Open
2018-09-19	Nemos Oil LLC	Detroit	Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel	Open
2018-09-18	John R Gas Mart Inc	Detroit	Kerosene,Other,Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline	Open
2018-09-17	Data Property Management LLC	West Branch	Gasoline	Open
2018-09-17	MG Properties	Sunfield	Gasoline	Open
2018-09-14	Sphinx Development LLC	Monroe	Kerosene,Gasoline,Gasoline,Gasoline	Open
2018-09-14	Avery Oil & Propane	Rives Junction	Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel	Open
2018-09-13	Ribhi Baders Service Inc	Romulus	Gasoline,Gasoline,Diesel	Open

Screen a specific Michigan 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.

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