EPA v. FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS

Case summary

THE SITE INCLUDES THE FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS FACILITY, AN ABANDONED WASTE OIL RECYCLING OPERATION LOCATED AT 3211 SW 50TH AVENUE IN DAVIE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, SOUTH OF FT. LAUDERDALE. FROM 1977 UNTIL 1992, THE FACILITY WAS USED AS A WASTE OIL TRANSFER STATION BY VARIOUS ENTITIES. WASTE OILS WERE RECEIVED AT THE FACILITY, AND THEN TREATED OR REPROCESSED. SLOPPY OPERATIONS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS HAVE RESULTED IN RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN LEVELS THAT THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SITE ALSO INCLUDES THE PEELE DIXIE WELLFIELD, APPROX. 1 MILE NORTH OF THE FACILITY. THE PEELE DIXIE WELLFIELD CONTAINS 26 PRODUCTION WELLS AND PRODUCES DRINKING WATER FROM THE BISCAYNE AQUIFER FOR A PORTION OF THE CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE AND ADJACENT UNINCORPORATED AREAS. CONTAMINATION FROM THE FACILITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION FOUND AT THE WELLFIELD. IN LIGHT OF THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE SITE, AND IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE CLEANUP, THE SITE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED INTO TWO OERABLE UNITS. OPERABLE UNIT 1 CONSISTS OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT AND FROM THE FPR FACILITY AND OPERABLE UNIT 2 CONSISTS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT THE PEELE DIXIE WELLFIELD. THE SITE WAS LISTED ON THE NPL ON 3/6/98 AT 63 FEDERAL REGISTER 11332.

Defendants (62)

• NEW HOPE SUGAR COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• OKEELANTA CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• PNEUMO ABEX CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• PORT EVERGLADES, DEPARTMENT OF BREWARD COUNTYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS
• MIAMI ELEVATOR COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• TIRE KINGDOM, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TROPICAL SHIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• UNOCAL CORP.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• WALPOLE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• BECKER GROVES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BENGAL MOTORS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BILL BRANCH CHEVROLET, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BIRDSALL, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BRADFORD MARINE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• CAPELETTI BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHEVRON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• TEXACO, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• CHEVRON, USA, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• STAR ENTERPRISENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• …and 37 more

Facilities (1)

• FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS INC

  3211 SW 50TH AVE RT B, DAVIE, FL, 333290000

  Registry ID: 110009328049

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 106A — Imminent & Substantial Endangerment Order

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORSentered 2006-01-24

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1998-05-07PRN Sent
• 1998-07-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2004-09-27Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2005-03-25Supplemental Referral-Adding parties, counts
• 2005-07-29Complaint Filed With Court
• 2005-07-29Final Order Lodged
• 2006-01-24Concluded
• 2006-01-24Final Order Entered