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ilovemydogbuz t1_j4g9xj0 wrote

The owner of the house has to have it dug up and removed and then inspected if I remember correctly

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Front-Tea-2061 t1_j4h6wfo wrote

This. Do not buy the house unless the tank has been removed. Most likely the bank will require tank removal prior to approving the morgige and I've seen "decommissioned" tanks have spills that took $50,000 to clean up. And the dep does not cut working class people a break. Even if everyone's saying it's okay request a subsurface investigation from a local environmental or tank removal company.I'm an environmental scientist in Jersey and ny.

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3seconddelay t1_j4geoto wrote

This is what we had the seller do to close 28 years ago. Cost him over 20k then because it had leaked and they had to remediate. Still can’t get grass to grow over that spot.

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x4v1er t1_j4gdan9 wrote

Yes this is what I recall our agent telling us when we were buying 4 years ago.

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