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NPL Site Narrative for Broward County--21st Manor Dump
BROWARD COUNTY - 21ST MANOR DUMPFort Lauderdale, Florida
Federal Register Notice: July 29, 1991The Broward County School Board formerly deposited municipal wastes in a 4.5-acre open dump in a residential neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The area has been filled to grade, and 21st Manor runs through the middle. The school board owned the site, located on the southern portion of the Meadowbrook Elementary School property, and operated it from the 1950s to the late 1960s, when it was closed by the Broward County Health Department. The school board kept no records of the types and quantities of wastes deposited. Unauthorized parties also deposited wastes at the site.
Investigations of the site since early 1987 by the Broward County Public Health Unit, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, and EPA found chromium, lead, and zinc on-site in monitoring wells, trichloroethylene off-site in two private wells, and 1,2-dichloroethane off-site in Well #18 of Fort Lauderdale's South Dixie Wellfield. The well has been taken out of service. An estimated 166,700 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 4 miles of the site, the nearest a private well within less than one-quarter mile of the site.

The Biscayne Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water in southeast Florida, is comprised primarily of permeable sand and limestone in Broward County. Ground water is shallow (9-10 feet). These conditions facilitate migration of contaminants in ground water.
In March 1989, EPA found DDE, DDD, dieldrin, toluene, lead, chromium, and zinc in surface and subsurface soils on the site. Over 400 students attend Meadowbrook Elementary School. An estimated 13,000 people live within 1 mile of the site. For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regarding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs can be found on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html or by telephone at 1-888-42-ATSDR or 1-888-422-8737.



Superfund Site Information
BROWARD COUNTY--21ST MANOR DUMP
Site Information
Site Info Aliases Operable Units Contacts Actions Contaminants Site-Specific Documents

Site Name:
BROWARD COUNTY--21ST MANOR DUMP
Street:
2300 SW 46TH AVENUE
City / State / ZIP:
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33317


NPL Status:
Removed from Proposed NPL


EPA ID:
FLD981930506
EPA Region:
04
County:
BROWARD


Latitude:
+26.095270
Longitude:
-080.205270


Federal Facility Flag:
Not a Federal Facility
Incident Category:
Groundwater


HRS Score:
52.53


Superfund Site Progress Profile
FLORIDA PETROLEUM REPROCESSORS (EPA ID: FLD984184127)

This profile provides you with information on EPA's cleanup progress at this Superfund site. This information includes: Site Location, Cleanup Progress Summary, Cleanup Impact Summary, Contamination & Exposure, Cleanup Process & Progress, and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Milestones. Please use the links and the "More Details…" box to find more details on this site.


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Site Location


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EPA Region 4 > Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee

Site Address:
3211 S.W. 50TH AVENUEFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida33314

County: BROWARD

U.S. Congressional District: 20

Population within one mile: 10,001-50,000




Cleanup Progress Summary


Construction Underway
Early Action Initiated/Completed
Physical cleanup activities have started. view detailed list of cleanup activities at this site >> The National Priorities List (NPL) is the list of the most hazardous sites, also known as Superfund sites, across the U.S. and its territories. This site is on the NPL and is known as a "Final" NPL site (see glossary). Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) are involved in the cleanup effort (see glossary). Superfund law requires that EPA give communities information about site progress and plans so that they can be actively involved in site cleanup decisions. Learn more about community involvement at this site >>




Cleanup Impact Summary


At each site, EPA assesses the risk to humans and the environment and determines the best approach to address the risk. During initial site studies and cleanup, EPA determines if current human exposures to contaminants are under control and takes actions to control any possible human exposures until cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health and environmental protection at the site.
Under current conditions at this site, potential or actual human exposures are under control.

Also at this site:
39,000 gallons of water or other liquid-based media (see glossary) have been treated, stabilized, or removed (roughly equivalent to 11 tank trucks) .




The Problem: Contamination & Exposure




Contamination


Contaminants (i.e., hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants) can be found in several different types of materials on the site including soil and other solid-based media and water or another liquid-based medium. The contaminants listed via the links below are considered the contaminants of concern to be addressed by cleanup actions at the site. (see glossary)
Contaminated Media: Groundwater, Sediment, Soil
EPA classifies contaminants found into groups or types (listed below). To view all contaminants of concern at the site click on the view detailed list link.
Types of Contaminants: Base Neutral Acids, Metals, PAH, VOC


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ATSDR ToxFacts information on contaminants


Exposure


At each site, EPA determines the possibility for human and ecological contact (i.e., exposure) with contaminants at the site. If the possibility for exposure to contamination exists, EPA conducts a study known as a risk assessment. During the risk assessment, EPA determines if the site poses a risk to humans, and if so, identifies actions that can be taken to control any possible exposure to humans until site cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health and environmental protection at the site.
Under current conditions at this site, potential or actual human exposures are under control.