Contact Us About Oil Tank Removal in Baltimore, MD

Everything runs in writing. No phone number appears on this site because there is no line to answer it, which also means you keep a copy of what was said.

  • Whether the address is Baltimore City or Baltimore County
  • Where the tank sits, and whether it is buried or indoors
  • What is over it, and how a machine would reach the back
  • Anything you already hold: permits, lab results, old paperwork
Old heating-oil fill and vent pipes beside a Baltimore brick rowhouse

Send Baltimore Oil Tank Details

Say where the tank sits and whether the address is inside Baltimore City or in Baltimore County. Those two answers decide the whole sequence, and we will set it out for you.

The Four Things Worth Putting in a First Message

The list above settles most of what an answer depends on, and the first item settles more than the other three together. A city address and a county address run through different offices, so a message that names one of them gets a specific answer instead of a general one.

If you do not know some of it, say so rather than guessing. An assumption in an inquiry turns into an assumption in a price.

If nobody is certain a tank exists at all, that is a normal starting point on a Baltimore property. A fill pipe in the front garden, a capped line through the basement wall, or a patch of ground that dries before the rest of the yard are all worth mentioning.

Where We Cover Around Baltimore

Baltimore City first, including Canton, Federal Hill, Hampden, Roland Park, Mount Washington and Govans. Then Baltimore County: Towson, Catonsville, Dundalk, Essex, Parkville, Pikesville, Owings Mills, Windsor Mill, Cockeysville, Reisterstown, Lutherville-Timonium and Perry Hall. Then Howard County at Columbia and Ellicott City, and Anne Arundel at Glen Burnie, Severna Park and Annapolis.

Naming the county in your first message is worth more than naming the street. It decides whether a local inspector is part of the job.

Answers We Will Not Give From a Description

A firm price for a buried tank. Nobody can produce one from a description, because the soil under the tank is the largest single variable and it cannot be assessed until the tank is out. A number produced that way exists to win the inquiry.

A confirmation that a tank is fine because nothing has been reported. There is no central Maryland register of house tanks to check, and a Baltimore City property may have no record anywhere unless somebody filed one at the time. Nothing found is not the same finding as nothing there.

A statement that we hold an MDE certification. This site explains the certification categories because they decide who may lawfully do the work. It does not claim one.

Oil Spills and Emergencies in Maryland

This form is not an emergency route and is not monitored as one. A leak, a strong oil smell or visible product goes to MDE’s Oil Control Program on (410) 537-3442, and to 911 if anyone is at risk. Reporting sits under COMAR 26.10.08 and what follows under COMAR 26.10.09.