Does an open LUST cleanup near a West 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: 0 of West Virginia's 3,142 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 West Virginia

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

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

3,142leak incidents on record

0cleanups still open

3,142closed — No Further Action

0.0%share still open

2018most recent report

West 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
Kanawha	413	65
Mercer	153	39
Harrison	187	27
Greenbrier	98	27
Wood	180	21
Marshall	64	20
Putnam	98	18
Raleigh	147	17
Ohio	104	17
Fayette	92	17
Monongalia	145	16
Marion	115	15
Upshur	82	14
Jackson	67	14
Lewis	68	13
Cabell	163	12
Mingo	65	11
Logan	70	10
Jefferson	63	10
Berkeley	86	9
Braxton	42	9
Brooke	42	9
Randolph	78	8
Nicholas	75	8
Wayne	64	8
Preston	67	7
Boone	45	7
Roane	32	7
Wyoming	51	6
Lincoln	39	6
McDowell	39	6
Hancock	35	6
Ritchie	34	6
Wetzel	34	6
Pocahontas	49	5
Grant	38	5
Barbour	34	5
Tyler	22	5
Summers	19	5
Doddridge	17	5

Most recently reported leaks in West Virginia

Reported	Site	City	Substance	Status
2018-03-01	7-ELEVEN 35907	MONTGOMERY	not reported	No Further Action
2017-12-07	LITTLE GENERAL STORE #2435	BRADLEY	not reported	No Further Action
2017-12-05	DAVE'S SELF-SERVICE	GILBERT	not reported	No Further Action
2017-11-22	7-ELEVEN #25306	MARTINSBURG	not reported	No Further Action
2017-10-31	WV0052	BRIDGEPORT	not reported	No Further Action
2017-10-03	BFS FOODS WESTOVER	MORGANTOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2017-08-21	WILLIAMS COUNTRY CLUB MAINT	WEIRTON	not reported	No Further Action
2017-06-14	SHEETZ #643	PARKERSBURG	not reported	No Further Action
2017-06-08	YRC FREIGHT CO	BRIDGEPORT	not reported	No Further Action
2017-05-18	7-ELEVEN 35912	NITRO	not reported	No Further Action
2017-04-04	7-ELEVEN # 28309	CHARLES TOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2017-04-01	n/a	PARKERSBURG	not reported	No Further Action
2017-04-01	HOOTEN EQUIPMENT CO	CHARLESTON	not reported	No Further Action
2017-02-24	7-ELEVEN 35931	RIPLEY	not reported	No Further Action
2017-01-06	RAVENSWOOD LOADING ZONE # 61	RAVENSWOOD	not reported	No Further Action
2017-01-05	TSP 815	WHEELING	not reported	No Further Action
2017-01-03	JIMMY'S SUNOCO	MORGANTOWN	not reported	No Further Action
2016-11-28	LOADING ZONE 106	PARKERSBURG	not reported	No Further Action
2016-11-22	FORMER HUNNELL PROPERTY (FUTURE HATFIELD-MCCOY TRAIL)	COALDALE	not reported	No Further Action
2016-11-14	GO MART STORE #075	SAINT ALBANS	not reported	No Further Action

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