Oil tank contaminated soil/clean up costs

[Patrick Reagan]

Just got a call from a seller in New Jersey, who had a below ground oil tank removed but the soil is contaminated.What would be a rough estimate to clean up the contamination?

[Kevin Hill]

I don't know if I would touch that one. The costs could vary depending on the contamination. I had a friend who recently had to deal with that on his house in Clifton. It was $17,000 to remediate the soil after the oil contamination.  It also was a long process to get completed due to the EPA. It took a long time to get soil sample approval since the EPA was backed up and under staffed. The oil tank was under his front porch, so he had no front steps for months on end.