---
title: "Underground storage tanks + leaking-tank releases nearby (EPA UST Finder)"
method: POST
path: "/api/locus_underground_storage_tanks"
tags: ["environment", "ust", "lust", "tanks", "petroleum", "epa", "read-only", "free", "free"]
---

# Underground storage tanks + leaking-tank releases nearby (EPA UST Finder)

`POST /api/locus_underground_storage_tanks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.locus.report`
- URL: `https://api.locus.report/api/locus_underground_storage_tanks`
- Auth: none required

EPA UST Finder tank facilities and leaking-tank releases near a point, kept distinct. Returns counts, status, substance, date, closure residual-contamination field, distance, and coordinate precision. For tank-history research: a tank is not a leak, and a closed release does not prove clean soil.
Use this when you can call Locus free tools (REST tools/call or MCP).
Use locus-underground-storage-tanks instead when your client can only call paid x402 routes; it returns the same records. Direct flat-body route for this one free resource; no API key, payment, or catalog wrapper. Return only the cited bounded evidence described here; this route never produces a paid brief or full report.

## Request body

- object
  - `address` string: Optional US street address or place; NC uses AddressNC first, other areas use the national geocoder fallback when latitude/longitude are not provided.
  - `latitude` number: Optional decimal latitude; provide with longitude to skip address geocoding.
  - `longitude` number: Optional decimal longitude; provide with latitude to skip address geocoding.
  - `radiusMeters` integer

## Response `200`

Free cited evidence response.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request body.
- `429`: Rate limited.

---

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