oil storage tank

[Joseph C. Barton]

What should I recommend to a home owner with an abandoned oil storage tank in the yard. This is in Tennessee and they are selling the house.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by jbarton

What should I recommend to a home owner with an abandoned oil storage tank in the yard. This is in Tennessee and they are selling the house.

If it's underground this may help.

http://tennessee.gov/environment/ust...CompManual.pdf

[Joe D. Funderburk]

One or more underground fuel storage tanks likely exist on the property, as we noticed a fill pipe in the yard. As mentioned in our contract, we do not inspect underground storage tanks. We offer this information as a courtesy and you may want to further investigate the tank, its contents, and the potential environmental ramifications associated with its presence.

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Check with your County Ecology or Environmental office. If it is abandoned, they may require removal or at least de-certification. The choice out here is to remove or clean out and fill with either a concrete slurry or expanding polyethylene foam. Once that is completed it can be left in place. I don't recommend the concrete slurry since it is so heavy. Someone might want to remove it at a later date. I can't imagine what a 500 gallon tank full of concrete would weigh.

Of course regulations in your area of the country might be wildly different. Good luck.

[Joseph C. Barton]

Thank you