Oil tank removal for a Northampton Township house starts with where the tank is and whether it is still in use. A basement tank and a buried tank are different jobs. The township Fire Marshal publishes a tank-removal application. The form does not, on its face, separate basement, underground, and abandonment procedures. Ask the office which permit it wants for the tank you have.
Richboro mail is not a separate permit office
Richboro, Holland, Churchville, and Ivyland are communities in Northampton Township. They are not separate municipal governments. The Fire Marshal’s office printed on the application is 55 Township Road, Richboro, PA 18954. A Richboro mailing address does not, by itself, prove the house is in the township. Use the municipality on the deed, and start with permits and records if the deed names somewhere else.
What the Fire Marshal application says
The township’s Tank Removal Permit Application says the Fire Marshal’s Office must be notified of the date work is to start. Notice should be as early as possible, and no later than 24 hours before the start date. It says site inspections will be conducted during the removal. The form also says failure to notify may result in denial of the permit and in citations. That sentence is the form’s. The 24-hour notice is Northampton Township’s instruction. It is not a Pennsylvania-wide law.
The application asks for the homeowner, the contractor, a certified company name and certification number, and the name and certification number of a certified individual to be on site. For each tank it asks for size, product stored, and a fee line, with room for three tanks. Fee amounts belong on the application. Asking for certification on the form does not establish that every residential tank requires a DEP-certified handler. Fields past that tank table are on the form itself.
The form does not pick the job
An indoor tank is still the basement removal question. A buried tank is the underground removal question. The application does not say which of those it covers, and it does not describe leaving a tank in place. Odor or staining goes to the leaking-tank page before a routine removal plan.