1. FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS
Site Address:
3211 S.W. 50TH AVENUEFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida33314
County: BROWARD
U.S. Congressional District: 20
Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000
Federal Register Notice: March 6, 1998
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Conditions at Proposal (April 1997): The Florida Petroleum Reprocessors (FPR) site is located in a mixed residential and commercial area in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The site was originally owned and operated by Oil Conservationists, Inc. (OCI). OCI functioned as a waste oil transfer station from 1978 to mid-1985. Prior to 1978, the site was vacant. FPR leased the site from OCI in mid-1985, and later purchased the property in mid-1986 or 1987. From 1985 until about 1991, FPR purchased waste oils, fuels, and oily wastewaters from automotive, agricultural, and marine industries of south Florida, as well as state, municipal, and Federal generators. Upon receipt, the waste oils and wastewaters were tested for halogens and then stored on site in aboveground storage tanks. Waste oils were processed and then delivered to asphalt plants for use as fuel, used oil marketers, or phosphate mines for use as a flotation oil.
Sometime before mid-1985, OCI was cited by the Broward County Environmental Quality Control Board for (1) several releases or discharges of waste oils, grease, and hazardous substances, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs); and (2) chlorinated solvent contamination in ground water monitoring wells at concentrations exceeding county standards. As a result of the county citations, OCI, and subsequently FPR, retained Southeast Environmental Consultants, Inc. (SEEC), to conduct a contamination assessment and install additional monitoring wells at the site. According to SEEC reports, the aboveground storage tanks were moved into an on-site concrete containment area, an underground drop tank was removed, and monitoring wells were installed on site prior to late 1985.
Analytical results of samples collected by SEEC, which confirmed VOC contamination of on-site soils and ground water underlying the site, were provided to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER) in 1986, 1991, and 1992. Approximately 60 tons of soil contaminated with waste oils and chlorinated solvents were subsequently excavated. During the excavation, waste oil free product was encountered in on-site soil and the excavation was terminated because SEEC concluded that the free product abatement was beyond the scope of the clean up at that time. In 1995, VOCs were still detected in ground water samples collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from FPR monitoring wells. Samples collected by EPA from aboveground tanks indicated the presence of 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethene, and tetrachloroethene. Characterization and remedial activities are currently ongoing at the site.
During the testing of analytical equipment in December 1986, the City of Fort Lauderdale detected chlorinated solvents, primarily 1,2-dichloroethene, at high concentrations in municipal well 18 of the south Peele-Dixie well field, located just over 1 mile north of the FPR site. As a result of the contamination, the city closed down the south well field. Some of the wells were later put back on line, and an air tower used for pump-and-treat operations was constructed to remove contamination from the ground water. The Peele-Dixie well field currently contributes to a municipal system that serves nearly 54,000 connections. At least eight additional municipal systems obtain potable water from well fields located within 4 miles of the site.
Ground water monitoring conducted by the City of Fort Lauderdale and FDER at the Peele-Dixie well field from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s has shown consistent detection of VOCs, including 1,2-dichloroethene, trichloroethene, and vinyl chloride.
Status (March 1998): EPA has completed a Remedial Investigation (RI) and Baseline Risk Assessment Evaluation of cleanup alternatives, and a Feasibility Study is underway. Results of the RI and previous characterization studies indicate that the FPR facility is a significant source of the ground water contamination.
(http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1491.htm)
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.
2. HOLLINGSWORTH SOLDERLESS TERMINAL
Site Address:
700 NW 57TH PLACEFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida33309
County: BROWARD
U.S. Congressional District: 23
Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000
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Federal Register Notice: September 8, 1983Conditions at listing (October 1981): Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal Co. manufactures small, solderless electrical connectors on a site of less than 1 acre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In the process, the connectors are cut and forced out of copper sheets, annealed, degreased, and then electroplated with tin or nickel. From about 1976 to 1981, Hollingsworth injected trichloroethylene, oil, grease, and dyes into a 100-foot-deep well on-site and discharged electroplating wastes into a large on-site drainfield. In addition, wastes periodically entered the ground through spillage or other smaller drainfields. Several communities in the vicinity of the site draw water from the shallow Biscayne Aquifer.
Status (July 1983): In July 1982, Hollingsworth took several steps to correct the problem or characterize the extent of contamination. The company pumped the injection well, installed 16 on-site monitoring wells, sampled soil, conducted a ground water gradient study, and sampled public wells. Various levels of contamination were found in some of the monitoring wells, water supply wells, and soil samples.
EPA recently prepared a Remedial Action Master Plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.
It will guide further actions at the site.
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.
(http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar399.htm)
3. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CORP
Site Address:
14000 BLOCK PEMBROKE ROADPEMBROKE PARK, Florida33024
County: BROWARD
U.S. Congressional District: 23,20
Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000
For more information on this site regarding: Site Location, Cleanup Progress Summary, Cleanup Impact Summary, Contamination & Exposure, Cleanup Process & Progress, and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Milestones. Please visit: http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0400919
Federal Register Notice: July 22, 1987
Conditions at proposal (April 10, 1985): Petroleum Products Corp. refined, stored, and recycled oil on a 2-acre site in Pembroke Park, Broward County, Florida, from about 1952 to 1972. Poor housekeeping and equipment maintenance resulted in soils becoming heavily impregnated with oil and the formation of a layer of organic chemicals on the shallow Biscayne Aquifer beneath the site. The aquifer is contaminated with lead and PCBs, according to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (DER) analyses of monitoring wells. Pits covering an extensive area on the site contain sludges generated in the oil recycling process. Although the area was filled and paved over in 1970-74, it continues to discharge oily materials, especially during the rainy season.
The City of Hallandale well field is less than 0.5 mile downgradient from the site; two other municipal well fields are located within 3 miles. More than 150,000 people obtain their drinking water from these wells.
DER filed suit against Petroleum Products in June 1984 in Broward County Circuit Court to force the company to clean up the site or to allow the State to use its own funds and then to assess penalties for cost recovery.
After EPA issued a CERCLA Section 106 order for an immediate removal action at the site, EPA and Petroleum Products entered into a Consent Order on April 1, 1985. The order required the company to perform tasks outlined in an Immediate Removal Work Plan, which is incorporated as part of the Consent Order.
Status (July 22, 1987): Petroleum Products removed the drums, storage tanks, and contaminated sludge and transported the materials to an EPA-regulated disposal site.
In May 1986, DER began a State-financed remedial investigation involving the contaminated ground water, soil, and sludges. The investigation is nearing completion; all field work has been finished.
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.
(http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar431.htm)
4. WINGATE ROAD MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR DUMP
Site Address:
1300 N. W. 34TH AVENUEFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida33311
County: BROWARD
U.S. Congressional District: 23
Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000
For more information on this site regarding: Site Location, Cleanup Progress Summary, Cleanup Impact Summary, Contamination & Exposure, Cleanup Process & Progress, and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Milestones. Please visit: http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0401078
Federal Register Notice: October 4, 1989
Conditions at proposal (June 24, 1988): The Wingate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump covers 61 acres in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The site includes an incinerator, offices, and an approximately 40-acre disposal area, all owned and operated by the City of Fort Lauderdale. Land use in the area is a combination of residential, commercial, and industrial.
The incinerator and disposal areas were used during 1955-78. Residential waste, commercial waste, and incinerator residue were disposed of at the dump. According to a resident of the area, hazardous waste may also have been dumped. In December 1981, the resident reported to the Broward County Health Department that 100 steel drums had been buried during 1955-58 north of the incinerator down a dirt road.
The facility received 480 tons of waste a day and operated 7 days a week. It pumped cooling water into the incinerator from on-site wells and then discharged it into an unlined lagoon, possibly Lake Stupid in the southeast corner of the facility. Ash residues mixed with sludge material from the lagoon were spread onto the ground in the disposal area.
The area is approximately 30 feet above ground, and the terrain is hilly and partially overgrown with brush and small trees. Rock Pit Lake is downslope of the northeast section of the disposal area.
Tests conducted in 1985 by EPA detected pesticides (DDT, aldrin, chlordane, and dieldrin) in surface composite soil and subsurface soil from the dump area. Elevated pesticide concentrations were also reported in sediments from Rock Pit Lake, which is used for recreational activities. The lake intersects the Biscayne Aquifer, which EPA has designated as a sole source aquifer under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Thus, there is a threat of contaminants entering the aquifer. An estimated 353,000 people draw drinking water from four municipal well fields within 3 miles of the site: the Lauderhill Municipal Water Supply Well Field, the Broward County District 1A Well Field, the Prospect Well Field, and the Dixie Well Field. There is no unthreatened alternative source for the Lauderhill field.
The site is only partially fenced, making it possible for people and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances. Approximately 44,000 people live within 1 mile of the site.
Status (October 4, 1989): EPA is conducting a search to identify parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.
The State is reviewing Fort Lauderdale's plan for closing the dump under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Fort Lauderdale has fenced the site.
For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737. (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar428.htm)
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