Does an open LUST cleanup near a Oregon 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: 984 of Oregon's 8,565 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 Oregon

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

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

8,565leak incidents on record

984cleanups still open

7,581closed — No Further Action

11.5%share still open

2018most recent report

Oregon cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
PORTLAND	1,695	146
SALEM	496	53
EUGENE	483	51
BEAVERTON	167	30
MEDFORD	249	25
ROSEBURG	138	24
HILLSBORO	153	23
BEND	111	19
WOODBURN	57	18
SPRINGFIELD	155	17
KLAMATH FALLS	166	16
ALBANY	148	16
TIGARD	108	15
PENDLETON	70	15
GRANTS PASS	143	14
CORVALLIS	119	11
MILWAUKIE	93	11
LA GRANDE	48	11
GRESHAM	113	10
THE DALLES	59	10
WEST LINN	27	10
OREGON CITY	89	9
COTTAGE GROVE	52	9
TUALATIN	41	9
HOOD RIVER	48	8
HERMISTON	40	8
CENTRAL POINT	49	7
CORNELIUS	38	7
WILSONVILLE	37	7
NORTH BEND	24	7
WARRENTON	16	7
COOS BAY	88	6
NEWBERG	56	6
NEWPORT	53	6
ASTORIA	51	6
SILVERTON	43	6
DALLAS	41	6
MCMINNVILLE	92	5
ASHLAND	62	5
ONTARIO	58	5

Oregon 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
Multnomah	1,743	141
Washington	772	115
Lane	891	107
Marion	725	89
Clackamas	634	69
Jackson	471	51
Douglas	331	49
Umatilla	199	35
Linn	282	28
Deschutes	202	26
Klamath	233	23
Lincoln	162	22
Josephine	173	21
Coos	166	19
Wasco	85	19
Union	77	18
Yamhill	233	17
Malheur	110	17
Benton	163	15
Clatsop	110	15
Polk	132	13
Curry	62	12
Hood River	75	10
Wallowa	33	8
Tillamook	91	7
Harney	35	6
Baker	55	5
Columbia	80	4
Lake	41	4
Wheeler	18	4
Crook	45	3
Grant	38	3
Gilliam	13	3
Jefferson	48	2
Morrow	29	2
Sherman	22	2

Most recently reported leaks in Oregon

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-06-15	WESTERN FOUNDRY COMPANY	TIGARD	not reported	Open
2018-06-11	Willamette Graystone Eugene	EUGENE	not reported	Open
2018-06-08	USFS McKenzie Bridge Work	MCKENZIE BRIDGE	not reported	Open
2018-05-25	WENDELLS CORNER	LA GRANDE	not reported	Open
2018-05-17	UNOCAL STATION #6223	WELCHES	not reported	Open
2018-05-15	UNOCAL 5589	PORTLAND	not reported	Open
2018-05-15	Zieman Manufacturing	MCMINNVILLE	not reported	Open
2018-05-14	UNOCAL 5507	ROSEBURG	not reported	Open
2018-05-14	WORLD VISION - BRENTWOOD BUILDING	MILWAUKIE	not reported	Open
2018-05-11	UNOCAL 4548	PORTLAND	not reported	Open
2018-05-11	WILLSON PROPERTY	BEAVERTON	not reported	Open
2018-05-09	Unger Property	CORNELIUS	not reported	Open
2018-05-09	WELLS FARGO BANK BUILDING	PORTLAND	not reported	Open
2018-05-08	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD	PENDLETON	not reported	Open
2018-04-30	U-HAUL CENTER OF MCLOUGHLIN BLVD	MILWAUKIE	not reported	Open
2018-04-27	USFS Blodgett Work Center	YACHATS	not reported	Open
2018-04-27	WILLIAM A. CALLAHAN CENTER	WILSONVILLE	not reported	Open
2018-04-26	UNOCAL #2772	GOLD BEACH	not reported	Open
2018-04-24	UNITED PIPE & SUPPLY CO., INC.	TIGARD	not reported	Open
2018-04-13	USPS PAISLEY	Paisley	not reported	Open

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