Westchester County
Distinguish a historic petroleum-storage map from a current property file. Use tank and permit identifiers to pursue the documents behind a closure claim.
Before you search
Property address, municipality, current and former parcel numbers if known, tank capacity/use, work dates, and PBS or permit number.
Bring what you have. Missing identifiers can be part of the route review.Westchester's published petroleum bulk-storage map metadata describes active facilities as of June 2017. Treat that layer as a historic lead, not a live inventory of all tanks. Save the identifier and vintage; do not infer absence from a property not appearing on the map.
Official sourceWestchester PBS layer metadata↗County PBS work-permit instructions describe supporting closure materials, including disposal documentation and, for applicable work, sampling and closure reports. Those instructions help identify possible record categories. Ask the Health Department whether the program and file apply to this tank before treating its requirements as universal.
Official sourceWestchester PBS work-permit instructions↗The Health Department directory identifies a PBS contact route. Our next step is to establish the correct record-access channel and file identifier there, while checking which local building office holds municipal permits. The county and municipal searches remain separately logged.
Official sourceWestchester Health Department program contacts↗After the search
A property-matched record trail showing what each document actually establishes.
Compare parcel/address, issuer, reference and the proposed work.
Still missing? Permission to do work is not evidence that the work was completed.
Compare inspection date, tank location and removal versus abandonment wording.
Still missing? Keep a seller's statement or invoice separate from the agency's completion record.
List environmental references, missing attachments and the exact scope of any no-record reply.
Still missing? Stop calling the search complete while an applicable source or attachment remains unresolved.
Comparison checklist by Oil Tank Route, based on the official routes above. Not an agency certification, document authentication or a property-safety finding.
Your private record worksheet
Prepare search keys here, open the official sources above, then record what happened. Nothing is searched or sent automatically. A postal city or ZIP does not establish legal jurisdiction.
Suggested document scope for this route: the tank-related permit, final inspection and removal or abandonment completion documents. Narrow this to the files you still need.
Start with the identifiers and first applicable source. An online blank, an inaccessible portal and an agency no-record reply are three different outcomes.
No result is not proof of no tank. A candidate document still needs its property, issuer, dates and stated scope checked.
Review and edit bracketed fields after copying. Use the agency’s current official form, disclosures and fee instructions. Drafted ≠ sent ≠ acknowledged ≠ delivered.
Default: this tab’s session only. Device saving is optional; avoid it on shared devices. No property details enter the page URL or analytics.
Optional human research is available for NJ/NY, subject to intake review. The worksheet is separate and is not attached automatically.
Make the request specific
Please identify the records-access route for the PBS or tank-work file at [address; municipality; parcel], reference [number]. We seek existing permits, closure reports, inspection records, and disposal documentation for [dates], where held by your department.
Replace the bracketed fields and follow the agency’s current form, disclosure, and fee instructions. This is a draft, not a sent request.
The public map is dated and program applicability depends on the tank. This route does not claim a county closure file exists for every residential tank, or that a map hit is a contamination finding.
Active leak or strong oil odor? Use the safety route. ↗Start a property record check
Send the property and your question. First, we confirm whether we can help and which records to pursue. You do not need an existing file to get started.