Background

Homestead Air Force Base (HAFB) [now known as Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB)] is located in southeastern Miami-Dade County, near the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. HAFB is located along U.S. Highway 1, approximately 25 miles south of Miami, five miles east of Homestead, and two miles west of Biscayne Bay.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed HAFB on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) on August 30, 1990. Pursuant to Section 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the EPA, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) entered into ...
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