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.