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.