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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CORPORATION (PEMBROKE PARK, FL) - OU 1

Judicial · FY1990 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 20638

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Case Number
04-1990-0127
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-11-3-585
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Self-disclosure
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Summary

THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CORPORATION (PPC) SITE (SITE) IS AN 11 ACRE PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3130 SOUTHWEST 19TH STREET, PEMBROKE PARK, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. PPC OPERATED AS A BROKER AND PROCESSOR OF WASTE OIL AT THE SITE FOR 27 YEARS. THE SITE OVERLIES THE BISCAYNE AQUIFER, IS WITHIN 3 MILES OF THREE MAJOR MUNICIPAL WELL FIELDS AND LIES IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. THE SITE FORMERLY CONTAINED A TANK FARM AND UNLINED DISPOSAL PITS. SLUDGES GENERATED FROM THE OIL REFINING PROCESS WERE DISPOSED OF IN THE UNLINED PITS. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, PPC SPREAD THE CONTAMINATED SLUDGES OVER 7 ACRES OF THE SITE. IN 1971, PPC DID SELL MOST OF THE SITE EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA WHERE PPC CONTINUED AS A WASTE OIL BROKER. THE NEW OWNER OF THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY AS A COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE COMPLEX. SEVERAL OF THE WAREHOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED OVER THE ABANDONED DISPOSAL PITS. THE SITE SCORED A 40.11 AND WAS PLACE ON THE FINAL NPL IN JULY, 1987. FDER PERFORMED THE RI/FS AND EPA HAS DRAFTED THE ROD. EPA ISSUED SPECIAL NOTICE LETTERS IN OCTOBER 1990. EPA NEGOTIATED A CONSENT DECREE WITH THE PRP'S THAT PROVIDED FOR THEM TO PERFORM THE RD/RA FOR THE INTERIM RECORD OF DECISION, WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE WASTE OIL RECOVERY SYST

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