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I was in the industry for about 15 years. We Did a lot with the Oregon Petroleum Marketers Association. The industry, at the local level, was was and still is filled with really a lot of great, hard working people.
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Real estate records possibly....That's what we might think should happen. I've done a little research, and apparently it is an issue. Back before anybody cared, a gas station could be leveled and the property remain undeveloped for years. Then when somebody buys the property, he might never know there was a garage or gas station there.
Growing up in Portland, I could point out many locations where a gas station or garage existed in the fifties and before, and you'd have to look long and hard before you'd find someone from the old neighborhoods that would remember.
Here's an example from my old neighborhood. As a kid, this was a gas station. Maybe 40 years ago, the gas pumps were removed but the building remained as a low budget automotive service garage. Eventually, the building disappeared.
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Now, if this property came up for sale, who would know to look, or where would a feller search, to find if the land had been decontaminated and the tanks removed?
I lived in my own home for 22 years and never new we had a pre world war 2 ( old).tank in the groundReal estate records possibly....