Taking a residential heating-oil tank out of a Middletown Township house is not the same job as abandoning one or installing a new one. The township’s building and zoning FAQ says a permit is required for the removal, abandonment, or new installation of residential oil tanks.
What the mechanical application marks
The township’s mechanical permit application has a fuel-tank section with choices for above, underground, inside, and abandon. Those boxes tell the office which job is being applied for. They do not describe how the work is done. An inside tank is the basement removal question. An underground tank is the buried-tank question. Marking abandon is the in-place closure question, and it is allowed only where the rules for that lot allow it.
The township’s 2026 permit and fee schedule has residential oil-tank lines and a separate abandon-tank line. Those amounts belong on the township schedule. A fee schedule is not a price for the work.
A Langhorne address can still be the township
The township office listed on the FAQ is 3 Municipal Way, Langhorne, PA 19047. That mailing place is not Langhorne Borough. A Langhorne postal address can be the township or the borough. Use the municipality on the deed. Some Levittown addresses are in Middletown Township. Others are in Bristol Township, Falls Township, or Tullytown Borough. The Levittown page is that four-government explanation. This page is the Middletown permit package. The countywide list is permits and records.
If contamination is found
The township’s Residential Tank Letter discusses contamination found at the time of tank removal. It does not say every removal is a contamination case, and it does not say every removal must go through Act 2. Odor or staining belongs on the leaking-tank page first. A qualifying release from a buried heating-oil tank is a different question from ordinary removal. Read the cleanup reimbursement page before treating any state program as payment for taking a tank out.