Background

The 40-acre Stauffer Chemical Company (Tampa) Superfund site is located in an industrial area, of Tampa, Florida.

From 1951 to 1986, the Stauffer Chemical Company used the site for production, packaging and distribution of agricultural chemical products, primarily pesticides. During facility operations, workers disposed of waste materials and chemicals by burning or burying them on site. These improper waste disposal practices resulted in contamination of site soil, sediments, surface water and area groundwater with pesticides.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1996 because of contaminated groundwater, sediment, soil and ...
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