Inventory Report and Interactive Map of Contaminated Locations in Broward County, Florida. The FDEP Dry-Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Program includes dry-cleaning or wholesale supply facilities eligible for state cleanup funds. ITRC Benefits in Florida. FDEP technical staff used. Cleaner sites under the FDEP's 'Dry Cleaning Program' where current remedial options are. These dry cleaning sites are eligible for a state funded program (Dry cleaning Solvent Cleanup Program) to cleanup properties that are contaminated as a result of the operations of a dry cleaning facility or a wholesale supply. STATE COALITION FOR REMEDIATION OF DRYCLEANERS MEETING. Tennessee's drycleaner cleanup program is.
Superfund Site Profile . The Continental Cleaners property is less than an acre in size and features a single- story, 2,4. Continental Cleaners operated a laundry and dry cleaning services facility at the site from 1. A previous owner may have used the property as a gas station or repair shop. In the 1. 99. 0s, local officials identified the release of dry cleaning chemicals to the ground and ground water. Since then, numerous studies have documented tetrachloroethylene (also known as PCE or PERC), a common dry cleaning solvent, and its breakdown products in the soil and ground water at the site.
FDEP determined that the site was ineligible to participate in the state Dry- cleaning Solvent Cleanup Program due to gross negligence at the site. FDEP and EPA then evaluated the site for the Superfund program. Top of Page. What is the current site status? The site’s Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Reports will be made available to the community and presented in a public meeting. Based on these reports, EPA will also propose a long- term remedy and the Proposed Plan Fact Sheet and share it with the community for comment. It is expected that the studies will be complete and the cleanup plan selected by the end of 2. EPA and FDEP will continue to coordinate future efforts.
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Top of Page. What's being done to protect human health and the environment? EPA leads remedial investigation and cleanup activities, in cooperation with FDEP. EPA typically conducts groundwater studies in phases, collecting samples from the source area and then moving further away as far as the contamination may be found to have migrated. The first sample collection for the remedial investigation was in June 2. Dry cleaning solvents were found at levels above cleanup target levels in both the soil and groundwater.
In January 2. 01. PCE, TCE and vinyl chloride were found to have migrated north of the facility. In June 2. 01. 3, groundwater samples were collected even further north.
Seven blocks north of the facility, vinyl chloride was still being found in the groundwater above its cleanup level. In September 2. 01. This phased strategy allowed EPA to use its funds effectively and collect sufficient data to determine the most appropriate cleanup option.
The results of all of sampling efforts were included in the February 2. Draft Remedial Investigation Report. Potential cleanup options will be presented in the upcoming Feasibility Study Report.
The site is in the feasbility study stage of the Superfund process. Cleanup will begin after the community has commented on the proposed cleanup plan and funding is made available.
EPA will be at the site to conduct the cleanup in 2. Groundwater will need to be monitored after the cleanup to ensure the levels decrease to protective levels below cleanup levels.
Top of Page. Enforcement Information. EPA has used federal funds for site investigations to date. EPA will also use federal funds to further investigate and clean up the site. The site's potentially responsible party is unable to pay for the site's cleanup.
The lien can help EPA recover some or all of its cleanup costs from the site in the future.