Does an open LUST cleanup near a Virginia 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: 323 of Virginia's 12,137 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 Virginia

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

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

12,137leak incidents on record

323cleanups still open

11,814closed — No Further Action

2.7%share still open

2018most recent report

Virginia cities with the most open cleanups

City	Leak incidents	Cleanups still open
Richmond	1,050	12
Charlottesville	229	8
Wytheville	59	7
Chesapeake	213	6
Abingdon	57	6
Fredericksburg	170	5
Norfolk	455	4
Portsmouth	168	4
Manassas	166	4
Winchester	149	4
Danville	106	4
Bristol	66	4
Max Meadows	21	4
Roanoke	322	3
Falls Church	112	3
Bedford	40	3
Emporia	34	3
Bluefield	30	3
Coeburn	21	3
Madison Heights	19	3
Montpelier	19	3
Louisa	18	3
Pennington Gap	14	3
Goochland	13	3
Natural Bridge	13	3
Virginia Beach	399	2
Alexandria	365	2
Newport News	228	2
Lynchburg	164	2
Harrisonburg	128	2
Suffolk	113	2
Warrenton	70	2
Waynesboro	69	2
Culpeper	61	2
Lexington	54	2
Mechanicsville	43	2
Troutville	41	2
Marion	35	2
Falmouth	31	2
Powhatan	27	2

Virginia 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
Albemarle	214	14
Wythe	94	12
Washington	88	10
Goochland	64	9
Fairfax County	1,026	8
Hanover	195	8
Tazewell	112	8
Campbell	110	8
Richmond City	599	7
Fauquier	145	7
Bedford County	101	7
Wise	95	7
Pittsylvania	89	7
Rockbridge	83	7
Halifax	68	7
Chesapeake	213	6
Louisa	60	6
Henrico	429	5
Frederick	126	5
Stafford	125	5
Smyth	80	5
Russell	61	5
Norfolk	456	4
Portsmouth	168	4
Shenandoah	113	4
Franklin County	101	4
Mecklenburg	84	4
Bristol	58	4
Amherst	55	4
Lee	50	4
Nelson	41	4
Fluvanna	36	4
Prince William	353	3
Loudoun	293	3
Chesterfield	265	3
Roanoke City	260	3
Spotsylvania	110	3
Henry	102	3
Danville	94	3
Botetourt	86	3

Most recently reported leaks in Virginia

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-08-30	Wilco 685	Salem	not reported	Open
2018-08-29	7 Eleven 23883	Richmond	not reported	Open
2018-08-20	7 Eleven 19049	Culpeper	not reported	Open
2018-08-09	VA0110	Manakin Sabot	not reported	Open
2018-08-06	Haislip Shelia Property	South Boston	not reported	No Further Action
2018-08-02	Griffin Dewatering Site	Chesapeake	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-30	Greenbrier Texaco	Charlottesville	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-24	ResourceVA Henrico County	Sandston	not reported	Open
2018-07-23	Circle K Store 2723115	Emporia	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-20	Safelite Autoglass Property	Arlington	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-13	US Postal Svs - Vehicle Maintenance Fac - Hampton	Hampton	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-11	Buchanan Quick Stop	Buchanan	not reported	Open
2018-07-10	Seven Hills School	Richmond	not reported	No Further Action
2018-07-09	Fourway Super Quick	Clintwood	not reported	Open
2018-07-02	Dominion - Midlothian Office	Midlothian	not reported	No Further Action
2018-06-22	Shell 100577	Arlington	not reported	Open
2018-06-20	Craddock BP	Portsmouth	not reported	Open
2018-06-14	Essex County Administrative Offices	Tappahannock	not reported	Open
2018-06-13	Milton Property	Scottsville	not reported	Open
2018-06-13	Landford Brothers Company Incorporated	Hollins	not reported	No Further Action

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