Background

The7-acre Standard Auto Bumper Corporation Superfund site is located in Hialeah, Florida. The site is located in a commercial and industrial area of Hialeah, Dade County, Florida. The area surrounding the site includes industrial properties and businesses. A railroad borders the site to the west; to the north, a furniture company, which the site boundary now includes; to the east, an automobile storage area; and to the south, a tile company.

Standard Auto Bumper Corporation operated a small electroplating facility from 1959 to 1993. Operators initially discharged wastewater into a ditch behind the facility, then treated wastewater and discharged it ...
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