Could you qualify for help?
Five states, and not one has a program that simply pays for removing a residential oil tank. What exists is narrower: a backlogged New Jersey fund for leaking tanks, a New York fund built to bill spillers rather than pay them, a Massachusetts law about insurance you can buy, and — in Connecticut and Pennsylvania — nothing for homeowners at all. The screener below checks your answers against each program's verified conditions and tells you which cards, if any, are live.
The five-question screener
State-by-state detail
Each page below carries the full program-by-program status, the official source for every claim, and the parts the screener can't ask about — insurance inquiries, financing pointers, and the sales pitches to refuse.
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New Jersey
The UST Fund is real and backlogged; the non-leaking program has been suspended since 2011. NJDEP's own warning about "free removal" pitches.
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New York
The Oil Spill Fund pays victims and bills spillers — for your own tank, you're the spiller. Relocation reimbursement is the one homeowner-facing piece.
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Connecticut
No state program, and DEEP says so directly. What's left: your insurer, and the financing programs the CEQ catalogued.
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Massachusetts
No cleanup fund for homes — but a 2010 law forces insurers to offer heating-oil coverage if you ask, and MassDEP discounts its own fees.
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Pennsylvania
USTIF's heating-oil door opens at 3,000 gallons. Your 275-gallon tank isn't invited, and no other fund exists.
This page is informational, not legal or financial advice. Program statuses were verified against the cited official sources when written, and programs change without notice — the agency, not this site, is the record. Nothing here guarantees eligibility, and we never imply otherwise.
Price the work itself
Whatever the screener said, the tank work still gets priced the same way: by contractors quoting your actual site. The contractor contact form collects the details once and matches you with licensed pros in your state.