NOVEMBER 23, 2022 - ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ORDE CONSENT FOR REMEDIAL DESIGN
The Petroleum Products Corporation (PPC) Superfund Site is on the National Priorities List (NPL) and is located in a mixed-use area in Pembroke Park, Broward County, Florida. It is located just east of I-95 approximately three miles west of the Atlantic Ocean just southwest of Fort Lauderdale. The Site is bordered on the north by Pembroke Road, on the south by Carolina Street, on the west by Park Road and on the east by SW 31st Avenue. The Site is approximately 7 acres and consists of multiple small-bay warehouse buildings.
PPC operated a waste oil recycling and re-refining facility from 1958 to 1983, that processed over 15 million gallons of used oil. Using an acid-clay process, the facility generated over 50,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and sludges that were disposed in two large pits on the property. An additional 100,000 gallons of waste oil were released from the facility storage tanks and operations over the years to further contaminate the area. After complaints and lawsuits from neighbors and local and state enforcement activities, PPC shut down the bulk of its operations in 1970, partially remediated the facility property and constructed multiple warehouse buildings throughout the 1970s. PPC related entities sold the property containing these warehouses during the 1970s to a private real estate ownership group that still owns these parcels today.
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