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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lorain County, OH
Every figure below is from EPA UST Finder — the EPA-compiled national registry of state-reported underground storage tanks — county aggregates as published by EPA.
538registered tank facilities
446open tanks
1,173closed tanks
792leak incidents on record
46cleanups still open
46 leak cleanups in
Lorain County are still open — the state has not closed the case.
An open cleanup near a property you're buying or lending on is a findable, checkable fact: it appears in a
per-address screen with distance and the registry record.
Largest registered facilities
By open-tank count, from the facility-level registry. Every fact is attributed to the EPA record (linked ID); something wrong — use the correction path in the footer and we'll fix or remove it promptly.
| Facility | City | Open / closed tanks | Status | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORP. | ELYRIA | 8 / 8 | Open UST(s) | OH47000001 |
| HYDRO-AIRE INC LEAR ROMEC DIV | ELYRIA | 8 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH47000421 |
| Vermilion Valley Service Plaza | Amherst | 6 / 9 | Open UST(s) | OH47000056 |
| Middle Ridge Service Plaza | Amherst | 6 / 7 | Open UST(s) | OH47000057 |
| SPEEDWAY #3392 | NORTH RIDGEVILLE | 6 / 0 | Open UST(s) | OH47000278 |
| FORD OHIO ASSEMBLY PLANT | AVON LAKE | 5 / 7 | Open UST(s) | OH47000207 |
| SPEEDWAY #3385 | NORTH RIDGEVILLE | 5 / 5 | Open UST(s) | OH47000279 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #345 | OBERLIN | 5 / 4 | Open UST(s) | OH47000083 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3059 GROVE LORAIN LLC | LORAIN | 2018-12-13 | — | OH47000434-N00003 |
| CERTIFIED OIL CO. #345 | OBERLIN | 2018-10-16 | — | OH47000083-N00003 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS #004 | AVON | 2018-09-26 | — | OH47002106-N00016 |
| Vermilion Valley Service Plaza | Amherst | 2018-08-23 | — | OH47000056-N00004 |
| PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS #004 | AVON | 2018-07-26 | — | OH47002106-N00015 |
| VACANT PROPERTY | ELYRIA | 2018-07-19 | — | OH47010179-N00001 |
What this means if you're buying or lending here
- "Closed" ≠ clean. A closed tank was taken out of service per the registry — many were closed without soil testing, especially before the late 1990s.
- The registry is incomplete by design. Tanks removed before 1986 and most residential heating-oil tanks were never registered. A county with 538 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 46 cases in this county are still open; contamination may still be under investigation or remediation — distance from a specific parcel is what matters, and that's a per-address question.
Screen a specific property
This page covers the county. A purchase or loan decision needs the registry around one address: registered tanks at the parcel, every facility within 500 and 1,500 ft, leak cleanups with status and distance — each line cited to the official record.
Screen an address — $49 How it worksThis 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.
source: EPA UST Finder EPA data vintage 2024-12-04 computed 2026-06-12