Does an open LUST cleanup near a Ohio 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: 2,045 of Ohio's 34,249 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 Ohio

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

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

34,249leak incidents on record

2,045cleanups still open

32,204closed — No Further Action

6.0%share still open

2018most recent report

Ohio cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
CINCINNATI	1,905	122
CLEVELAND	1,684	118
COLUMBUS	2,007	77
AKRON	866	64
TOLEDO	1,003	57
DAYTON	1,021	48
CANTON	553	32
YOUNGSTOWN	420	24
SPRINGFIELD	317	22
MANSFIELD	316	18
LEBANON	106	16
WARREN	240	14
HAMILTON	254	13
ZANESVILLE	227	13
LORAIN	209	13
MEDINA	140	13
ASHTABULA	137	12
PORTSMOUTH	101	12
SALEM	84	12
EATON	59	12
ASHLAND	160	11
RICHFIELD	42	11
LIMA	328	10
ELYRIA	195	10
MARION	184	10
ALLIANCE	125	10
PAINESVILLE	111	10
FAIRFIELD	140	9
PERRYSBURG	136	9
TROY	106	9
UHRICHSVILLE	35	9
BEAVERDAM	22	9
LANCASTER	139	8
PORT CLINTON	116	8
BARBERTON	84	8
GALLIPOLIS	73	8
CHARDON	59	8
TIPP CITY	32	8
WOOSTER	197	7
MIDDLETOWN	196	7

Ohio 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
Cuyahoga	3,869	214
Hamilton	2,364	155
Summit	1,634	125
Franklin	2,676	104
Lucas	1,432	76
Montgomery	1,688	74
Stark	1,250	60
Lorain	792	46
Warren	412	42
Mahoning	753	40
Butler	828	37
Ashtabula	395	35
Lake	572	34
Medina	432	32
Clark	437	31
Trumbull	664	30
Richland	468	27
Preble	153	27
Tuscarawas	414	26
Miami	303	26
Wood	466	24
Wayne	429	23
Portage	423	23
Columbiana	320	23
Greene	298	23
Delaware	249	23
Belmont	276	22
Jefferson	251	22
Seneca	198	22
Clermont	430	20
Allen	428	20
Muskingum	332	20
Scioto	256	20
Auglaize	148	20
Geauga	235	18
Fairfield	266	17
Ottawa	233	17
Licking	411	16
Huron	281	16
Ashland	233	16

Most recently reported leaks in Ohio

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-12-27	SPEEDWAY #6336	MIDDLETOWN	not reported	Open
2018-12-26	GATEWAY GAS MART	YOUNGSTOWN	not reported	Open
2018-12-24	Giant # 438	AKRON	not reported	Open
2018-12-24	CERTIFIED OIL CO. #268	DRESDEN	not reported	Open
2018-12-20	TRUE NORTH #120	STREETBORO	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-20	Dutch Maid Logistics	WILLARD	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-20	GE Aviation	CINCINNATI	not reported	Open
2018-12-20	ADMIRAL KIDD CENTER	BRATENAHL	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-20	EASTERLY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	CLEVELAND	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-19	CERTIFIED OIL CO. #274	GRANVILLE	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-18	STARK SERVICE BLDG	MASSILLON	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-18	CERTIFIED OIL CO. #73	NEWARK	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-17	DEFIANCE PARTY MART	DEFIANCE	not reported	Open
2018-12-14	ABUKHALIL MAHMOUD	ASHLAND	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-13	7-ELEVEN STORE #35958	BELPRE	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-13	WESTERN RESERVE TRANSIT AUTH.	YOUNGSTOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-13	3059 GROVE LORAIN LLC	LORAIN	not reported	Open
2018-12-10	SPEEDWAY #1129	NEWARK	not reported	No Further Action
2018-12-10	SPEEDWAY #9356	HILLIARD	not reported	Open
2018-12-06	HUNTSBURG RADIO FACILITY	HUNTSBURG	not reported	No Further Action

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