THE CASE IS BEING REFERRED TO DOJ FOR RD/RA CD NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CURRENT LANDOWNER PRPs, STEPHEN J. AND PATRICIA J. COOK AND ATLANTIC LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO., PURSUANT TO CERCLA SECTIONS 106 AND 107.
THE RALEIGH STREET DUMP SITE OCCUPIES APPROX 5.2 ACRES AND WAS FORMERLY USED AS A LANDFILL PRIMARILY FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY CASING WASTE. THE SITE IS LOCATED APPROX 0.25 MILE WEST OF HWY 41 AT THE WESTERN END OF RALEIGH STREET IN TAMPA, FL. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE IS OWNED BY ATLANTIC OWNED BY THE COOKS.
PLASTIC CHIPS OF BATTERY CASINGS ARE VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE THROUGHOUT THE SITE. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS INDICATE THE WASTE WAS DUMPED AT THE SITE DURING THE LATE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s. A BATTERY RECYCLING FACILITY, CHLORIDE METALS, INC., WAS IN OPERATION DURING THE DISPOSAL PERIOD AT THE EASTERN END OF RALEIGH STREET. A FORMER PROPERTY OWNER ALLEGEDLY REQUESTED THE BATTERY CASING WASTE BE DUMPED AT THE SITE BY CHLORIDE METALS AS FILL MATERIAL.
EPA CONDUCTED A FUND-LEAD RI/FS AT THE SITE, WHICH CONCLUDED IN MARCH 2007. CONTAMINATION OF SOILS, WETLAND SEDIMENTS AND GROUNDWATER BY HEAVY METALS, INCLUDING, LEAD, ANTIMONY, AND ARSENIC, IS SUSPECTED TO BE A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF RELEASES THAT OCCURRED FROM THE LANDFILLED MATERIALS.
EPA IS SEEKING RECOVERY OF ITS PAST RESPONSE COSTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE RD/RA BY THE CURRENT LANDOWNERS ATLANTIC LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO., AND THE COOKS. IN ADDITION, DOJ, ON BEHALF OF EPA, FILED A CLAIM IN THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY OF EX