Locus Underground Storage Tanks
by api.locus.report in Documents & files
EPA UST Finder tank facilities and leaking-tank releases near an address, for buyer, owner and lender agents. Returns the same records as locus_underground_storage_tanks. Use this when your client can only call paid x402 routes. Use locus_underground_storage_tanks instead when you can call Locus free tools (REST tools/call or MCP).
https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 84.0%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 4.9 s
- 6.2 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 2 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
Latest check failed 2 h ago: Timed out
How to call it
POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks
Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks
content-type: application/json
{
"address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
address | string | No | |
latitude | number | No | |
longitude | number | No | |
radiusMeters | integer | No |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 83 lines
{
"caveats": [
"A registered tank is not a leak. Facilities appear here because they have or had regulated underground storage tanks; only the separate release records report an actual reported leak."
],
"componentStatus": {
"facilities": "ok",
"releases": "ok"
},
"facilities": [
{
"address": "641 DOWNTOWN BOULEVARD",
"city": "RALEIGH",
"closedTanks": 4,
"distanceMeters": 416,
"facilityId": "NC00-0-0000005332",
"facilityStatus": "Closed UST(s)",
"locationPrecision": {
"addressMatchType": "Postal",
"coordinateSource": "Geocode"
},
"name": "CITY OF RALEIGH-BLVD. STORAGE",
"openTanks": 0,
"state": "North Carolina",
"temporarilyOutOfServiceTanks": 0,
"within1500ft": {}
}
],
"note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
"ok": true,
"point": {
"latitude": 35.780418000003195,
"longitude": -78.63910200000142
},
"provenance": {
"coverage": "national - a composite of state UST program data covering all states, tribes, and EPA regions",
"facilitiesLayerUrl": "https://services.arcgis.com/cJ9YHowT8TU7DUyn/arcgis/rest/services/UST_Finder_Feature_Layer_2/FeatureServer/0",
"fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:11:24.139Z",
"releasesLayerUrl": "https://services.arcgis.com/cJ9YHowT8TU7DUyn/arcgis/rest/services/UST_Finder_Feature_Layer_2/FeatureServer/1",
"source": "EPA UST Finder (Office of Underground Storage Tanks)",
"sourcePage": "https://www.epa.gov/ust/ust-finder",
"sourceVintage": "EPA describes this as a national composite as of 2018-2021. The hosted layer has been edited since, so individual records may be newer; EPA does not publish a single per-record currency date."
},
"radiusMeters": 1500,
"releases": [
{
"address": "527 HILLSBOROUGH ST",
"city": "RALEIGH",
"distanceMeters": 722,
"inFloodplain100yr": false,
"inSourceWaterProtectionArea": false,
"inWellheadProtectionArea": false,
"locationPrecision": {
"coordinateSource": "State"
},
"lustId": "NC19602",
"name": "STEPHENS PROPERTY (ANGELINE V.)",
"reportedDate": "2003-06-10",
"state": "North Carolina",
"status": "No Further Action",
"within1500ft": {
"population": 991,
"privateWells": 0
}
}
],
"summary": {
"closedWithResidualContaminationCount": 0,
"facilityCount": 25,
"nearestFacilityMeters": 416,
"nearestReleaseMeters": 722,
"openReleaseCount": 4,
"releaseCount": 25
},
"truncated": {
"facilities": true,
"releases": true
},
"verifyNext": [
{
"step": "Confirm current tank and release status with the state UST/LUST program, which is the system of record EPA compiles from."
}
]
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.locus.report%2Fapi%2Flocus-underground-storage-tanks&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://api.locus.report/api/locus-underground-storage-tanks",
json={
"address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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