# FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `22688`
- **Case Number:** 04-1998-0330
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BECKER GROVES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BENGAL MOTORS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BILL BRANCH CHEVROLET, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BIRDSALL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BRADFORD MARINE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (complaint) (settlement)
- BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- CAPELETTI BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- CHEVRON, USA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CLIFF BERRY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EVANS PROPERTIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- EXXON MOBIL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS
- FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HARDRIVES OF DELRAY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOLLYWOOD LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- HOMESTEAD, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- HYDRO ALUMINUM ROCKLEDGE, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- J.W. CHEATHAM, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- JIM POWELL MOTORS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- KIRCHMAN OIL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- L.P. EVANS MOTORS WPB, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MERRILL-STEVENS DRY DOCK COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- MIAMI DADE COLLEGE (complaint) (settlement)
- MIAMI ELEVATOR COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (complaint) (settlement)
- MONTENAY POWER CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- MORSE OPERATIONS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW HOPE SUGAR COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- OKEELANTA CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (complaint) (settlement)
- PNEUMO ABEX CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
- PORT EVERGLADES, DEPARTMENT OF BREWARD COUNTY (complaint) (settlement)
- RYBOVICH COMPANY, LLP fka SPENCER BOAT YARD (complaint) (settlement)
- RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SBG FARMS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (complaint) (settlement)
- SEARS, ROEBUCK, & CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- SHELL OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE SERVICES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SPENCER BOAT YARD (complaint) (settlement)
- STAR ENTERPRISE (complaint) (settlement)
- SUNRISE FORD COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TARMAC AMERICA LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXACO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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.

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