Background

The Yellow Water Road Superfund site is located in Baldwin, Florida.

In 1981, the American Environmental Energy Corporation, the American Electric Corporation and the American Environmental Protection Corporation joined together to start a disposal facility at the site. In the process, chemicals spilled onto and contaminated the soil.

EPA placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1986 because of contaminated soil resulting from facility operations. EPA, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)https://floridadep.gov/ and the site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have investigated site conditions. By inspecting the site semi-annuallyr and undertaking Five-Year Reviews, ...
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