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Five states, five sets of rules

Tank work is priced locally and regulated by state. Pick yours for the cost ranges, the agency that governs the job, and what the market actually demands at closing.

A tank removal in Scranton and a tank removal in Greenwich are the same eight hours of work at different prices, under different paperwork, with different consequences if the soil comes up dirty. These pages carry what's specific to each state: who issues the permit, who takes over when there's contamination, what buyers and insurers there insist on, and where the oil-heated housing stock actually sits.

943,000+Homes still heating with oil across the five states
$1,200–$4,500Clean removal range, cheapest to priciest state
173Counties mapped by oil-heat share

Household and county counts: Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25040. Cost figures are 2025–2026 market ranges — informational, not quotes.

  • New Jersey

    $1,500–$3,500 typical. The most tank-aware market in the country: buyer sweeps are routine, NJDEP governs contamination, and the state fund is backlogged. Deepest coverage on this site, including eight county pages.

  • New York

    $1,700–$4,500 typical. Two markets in one state — downstate labor and disposal at the top of the range, upstate counties with the highest oil-heat share. Releases report to NYSDEC within two hours.

  • Connecticut

    $1,500–$3,800 typical. Local fire marshals sit in the middle of most jobs, DEEP sets the cleanup threshold, and there is no state fund for homeowners at all.

  • Massachusetts

    $1,800–$4,200 typical. Fire departments issue the permits, MassDEP governs releases under Chapter 21E, and a 2010 law makes insurers offer leak coverage most homeowners never buy.

  • Pennsylvania

    $1,200–$3,200 typical — the cheapest of the five. Also the thinnest safety net: USTIF's heating-oil door opens at 3,000 gallons, which excludes every residential tank.

The map

Where the oil heat is

County map of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania shaded by the share of homes heating with fuel oil. Upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and coastal Massachusetts show the highest shares.
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25040. Darker = higher share of homes heating with fuel oil today. The map understates the tank problem by design: every gas conversion since the 1960s left a tank the survey no longer counts.
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