Six current and former military bases in Florida are marked as Superfund Sites by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Congress established the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980 with CERCLA being informally called “Superfund,” which allows the government to clean up toxic-waste sites.
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According to the EPA, Superfund’s goals are to protect human health by cleaning up contaminated sites, make responsible parties pay for cleanup, involve communities in the process and to return the sites to productive use.
The current or former military Superfund sites in Florida are (click on each site to learn more about the cleanup process):
According to The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization, as of 2017, there were 149 current and former military bases across the U.S. that are so contaminated they are labeled Superfund sites.
In addition to the aforementioned military Superfund sites, there are several non-military Superfund sites across Central Florida, which include (click on each site to learn more about the status of each site’s cleanup status):
Orange County
CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO. (ORTHO DIVISION) in Orlando
CITY INDUSTRIES, INC. in Orlando
ORLANDO GASIFICATION PLANT in Orlando
ZELLWOOD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION in Zellwood
Polk County
ALPHA CHEMICAL CORP. in Lakeland
CALLAWAY & SON DRUM SERVICE in Lake Alfred
LANDIA CHEMICAL COMPANY in Lakeland
Seminole County
GENERAL DYNAMICS LONGWOOD in Longwood
SANFORD GASIFICATION PLANT in Sanford
SANFORD DRY CLEANERS in Sanford
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY in Longwood
Volusia County
SHERWOOD MEDICAL INDUSTRIES in DeLand
To see a list of all locations designated by the EPA as Superfund sites in Florida, click here.