Does an open LUST cleanup near a New York 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: 657 of New York's 25,839 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 New York

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

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

25,839leak incidents on record

657cleanups still open

25,182closed — No Further Action

2.5%share still open

2012most recent report

New York cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
BROOKLYN	773	43
UTICA	213	30
BRONX	419	18
STATEN ISLAND	272	16
ROCHESTER	489	10
YONKERS	187	9
JAMAICA	138	9
MASSENA	46	9
ROME	28	8
WATERTOWN	99	7
SCHENECTADY	204	6
MANHATTAN	189	6
ROME C	155	6
WHITE PLAINS	140	6
NEW ROCHELLE	129	6
FLUSHING	106	6
GENEVA	40	6
GOUVERNEUR	35	6
NEW YORK CITY	247	5
KINGSTON	109	5
MOUNT VERNON	88	5
SCARSDALE	67	5
VALLEY STREAM	49	5
ALEXANDRIA BAY	21	5
POUGHKEEPSIE	188	4
NEWBURGH	147	4
QUEENS	146	4
MAMARONECK	52	4
OCEANSIDE	44	4
PORT CHESTER	42	4
WOODSIDE	33	4
WHITESTOWN (T)	29	4
TARRYTOWN	21	4
JACKSON HEIGHTS	20	4
WHITESBORO	19	4
LARCHMONT	18	4
HENRIETTA	99	3
GREECE	76	3
LONG ISLAND CITY	66	3
MASSAPEQUA	64	3

New York 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
Oneida	887	84
Westchester	1,554	82
Queens	998	59
Nassau	1,555	47
St. Lawrence	367	44
Kings	865	43
Monroe	1,136	25
Ulster	495	20
Jefferson	348	20
Bronx	477	18
Richmond	316	16
Herkimer	269	16
Rockland	569	15
Suffolk	1,442	14
Orange	701	14
New York	545	12
Dutchess	639	11
Ontario	254	11
Saratoga	564	10
Schenectady	462	10
Warren	317	8
Sullivan	231	8
Putnam	230	7
Onondaga	863	5
Steuben	177	5
Columbia	316	4
Essex	196	4
Seneca	123	4
Rensselaer	442	3
Schoharie	152	3
Lewis	83	3
Erie	2,036	2
Niagara	458	2
Chautauqua	407	2
Otsego	210	2
Washington	200	2
Wayne	175	2
Livingston	157	2
Genesee	146	2
Chemung	136	2

Most recently reported leaks in New York

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2012-07-11	CHALK'S MARINA LLC	FISHERS LANDING	not reported	No Further Action
2012-03-20	VICTORIAN STORE	CLAYTON	not reported	No Further Action
2011-09-30	VACANT COMMERCIAL LOT (P.J. SIMAO PROPERTY)	WATERTOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2011-09-01	FORMER SANDY'S COUNTRY STORE	BRASHER CENTER	not reported	No Further Action
2011-07-19	SUNOCO	WATERTOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2011-06-22	STEWARTS SHOP 369	EVANS MILLS	not reported	No Further Action
2011-05-09	ALDRICH PROPERTY	STAR LAKE	not reported	No Further Action
2011-04-02	D&D ENTERPRISES	CHIPPEWA BAY	not reported	No Further Action
2011-04-02	HODKINSON'S GRILL	BARNES CORNERS	not reported	No Further Action
2011-04-02	DONALIS STATION	WINTHROP	not reported	No Further Action
2011-03-24	WAYNES GAS AND SERVICE	MADRID	not reported	No Further Action
2010-12-06	1000 ISLAND PARK CORP	ORLEANS	not reported	No Further Action
2010-05-17	NORTH COUNTRY EXPRESS/GAS STATION	CLAYTON	not reported	No Further Action
2010-02-10	NYS DEC BROWNVILLE FIELD HQ	—	not reported	No Further Action
2008-10-23	FORMER LAKE SHORE AUTO	MASSENA	not reported	No Further Action
2007-10-15	NYPA FUELING STATION	MARCY T	not reported	No Further Action
2007-10-15	GETTY #58711 DELAWARE AVE	DELMAR	not reported	No Further Action
2007-10-12	PILOT TRUCK STOP	BINGHAMTON	not reported	No Further Action
2007-10-09	RUSSELLS TRUE VALUE	WOLCOTT	not reported	No Further Action
2007-10-09	OK PETRO	BROOKHAVEN	not reported	No Further Action

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