Does an open LUST cleanup near a Pennsylvania 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: 1,775 of Pennsylvania's 17,489 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 Pennsylvania

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

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

17,489leak incidents on record

1,775cleanups still open

15,714closed — No Further Action

10.1%share still open

2018most recent report

Pennsylvania cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
PHILADELPHIA	1,375	224
PITTSBURGH	735	41
YORK	217	38
HARRISBURG	245	25
ERIE	187	19
ALLENTOWN	258	17
POTTSTOWN	109	14
HANOVER	72	14
GETTYSBURG	62	14
LANCASTER	232	13
NORRISTOWN	133	13
MECHANICSBURG	59	13
WASHINGTON	104	12
CARLISLE	99	12
NEW CASTLE	59	12
READING	179	11
UPPER DARBY	43	11
WEST CHESTER	117	10
INDIANA	64	10
MEDIA	32	10
MIDDLETOWN	57	9
BEDFORD	39	9
WAYNESBORO	24	9
JOHNSTOWN	110	8
LEBANON	103	8
SOMERSET	79	8
KING OF PRUSSIA	77	8
LANSDALE	76	8
LEWISTOWN	39	8
GREENSBURG	98	7
ALTOONA	96	7
WILLIAMSPORT	92	7
CHAMBERSBURG	56	7
WARMINSTER	56	7
WAYNE	49	7
HUNTINGDON VALLEY	32	7
KITTANNING	31	7
WILKES BARRE	135	6
QUAKERTOWN	66	6
BENSALEM	60	6

Pennsylvania 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
Philadelphia	1,344	217
Montgomery	1,389	129
Delaware	684	113
Allegheny	1,580	109
York	504	94
Bucks	952	86
Chester	691	73
Berks	567	52
Lancaster	728	50
Dauphin	454	50
Luzerne	614	44
Westmoreland	619	41
Cumberland	301	41
Washington	388	37
Franklin	159	34
Erie	284	31
Bedford	92	27
Lackawanna	333	26
Adams	151	23
Monroe	251	22
Lehigh	460	21
Blair	208	21
Northumberland	107	20
Northampton	384	19
Lawrence	86	18
Schuylkill	281	17
Lebanon	259	17
Beaver	272	16
Lycoming	187	16
Indiana	171	16
Armstrong	126	16
Cambria	225	15
Mercer	150	15
Fayette	244	14
Somerset	177	14
Clearfield	148	14
Huntingdon	73	13
Mifflin	71	13
Butler	151	12
Venango	73	11

Most recently reported leaks in Pennsylvania

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-09-28	TURKEY HILL 176	HONEY BROOK	GAS	Open
2018-09-27	TOBY FARMS ELEM SCH	CHESTER	not reported	Open
2018-09-26	WAYNE BP	WAYNE	GAS	Open
2018-09-25	DEFENSE DISTR CTR SUSQUEHANNA	NEW CUMBERLAND	not reported	Open
2018-09-21	KWIK FILL M1	UNION CITY	USDOL	Open
2018-09-20	7 ELEVEN 36147	CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP	GAS	Open
2018-09-20	COUNTRY FAIR 64	BRADFORD	not reported	Open
2018-09-19	BERGEYS FUEL CTR	FRANCONIA	not reported	Open
2018-09-18	GECAC BUS GARAGE	ERIE	not reported	Open
2018-09-17	FIN FUR & FEATHER	LOCK HAVEN	not reported	Open
2018-09-14	KWIK FILL M 175	SENECA	not reported	Open
2018-09-13	EAST PENN TIRE & BATTERY	EMMAUS	not reported	Open
2018-09-12	FINCH PETRO	WARMINSTER	GAS	Open
2018-09-10	GETTY 69261	ALLENTOWN	not reported	Open
2018-09-06	SMWM	TREVOSE	HO	Open
2018-09-03	7 ELEVEN 32363	PHILADELPHIA	not reported	Open
2018-08-29	CLYDE S WALTON	LANSDALE	not reported	Open
2018-08-29	SEPTA FRANKFORD BUS GARAGE	PHILADELPHIA	not reported	Open
2018-08-27	KWIK FILL M 154	RIDGWAY	NMO	Open
2018-08-21	TALMAGE QUARRY	LEOLA	not reported	Open

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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 Pennsylvania — registered facilities, open and closed tanks, county by county — is on the Pennsylvania 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