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Underground storage tanks & leak sites in Lee County, AL
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.
316registered tank facilities
307open tanks
585closed tanks
160leak incidents on record
38cleanups still open
38 leak cleanups in
Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETROSOUTH BULK PLANT | AUBURN | 8 / 1 | Open UST(s) | AL10258 |
| CIRCLE K STORE #6698 | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14473 |
| M & M GROCERY (PETRO) | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14607 |
| GRUB MART #28 | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL14617 |
| BREAD & BUGGY | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL4129 |
| CIRCLE K STORE #6690 | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL6266 |
| OPELIKA PUBLIC WORKS | OPELIKA | 5 / 0 | Open UST(s) | AL9046 |
| 280 BIGCAT INC | OPELIKA | 4 / 6 | Open UST(s) | AL9042 |
Open leak cleanups — most recently reported
| Site | City | Reported | Substance | EPA record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & D GROCERY | OPELIKA | 2018-08-01 | — | AL4372 |
| RACEWAY #0850 | AUBURN | 2017-01-01 | — | AL5039 |
| CARY'S SERVICE STATION | OPELIKA | 2016-08-01 | — | AL165 |
| GRUB MART #24 | AUBURN | 2015-05-01 | — | AL2276 |
| FORMER SHELL STAT AT 3607 OPELIKA RD | OPELIKA | 2013-07-01 | — | AL202 |
| CIRCLE K STORE #6682 (SPECTRUM) | AUBURN | 2011-01-01 | — | AL1072 |
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 316 registered facilities has an unknown number of unregistered ones.
- Open cleanups are the headline. 38 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