Superfund Sites

The following information has been directly quoted from the provided website:

The Superfund program was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). The acts established authority for the government to respond to the release/threat of release of hazardous wastes, including cleanup and enforcement actions.

In Jacksonville, FL.

EPA Region 4 successfully negotiated a complex Consent Decree with the City of Jacksonville for the cleanup of the Jacksonville Ash/Brown’s Dump Superfund Sites in 2007. This settlement entails approximately $100 million in Remedial Design/Remedial Action, one of the largest settlements in the history of Region 4, and will address more than 1.6 million cubic yards of contaminated soil located in four neighborhoods in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The remedy will provide for the removal or isolation of contaminated soil and address concerns about both public health and property values for thousands of residents in low-income environmental justice neighborhoods.

As also directly quoted from the provided website:

EPA maintains a National Priority List (NPL) which serves primarily informational purposes, identifying for the States and the public those sites or other releases that appear to warrant remedial (long term) actions.
Proposed: Sites may be proposed for the NPL and then may be placed on the NPL as Final or be removed from the Proposed NPL.
Final: Those sites placed on the NPL are called "final," and for these sites, a cleanup remedy is selected and implemented. However, it may be several years after construction of the remedy is completed before the hazardous substances are completely cleaned up or controlled in place.
Deleted: After the cleanup process is complete, and appropriate reviews confirm the area is cleaned up or the hazards are controlled, sites can be deleted from the NPL.

SUPERFUND NPList:
Proposed: Circles with the half of dark blue
Final: Circles with the half of light blue
Deleted: Circles with the half of gray

For any questions or concerns regarding the superfund sites in FL (which is considered to be region 4) please go to: http://www.epa.gov/region4/home/contact.html

REFERENCED WEBSITE and PICTURE MAPPED FROM:
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/sf/index.htm