The Waste Cleanup Section is essentially a "Mini-CERCLA" or Superfund Section. We work on cleaning up sites with contaminated groundwater, soil and/or surface water. Most of our sites were contaminated prior to the enactment of environmental regulations or the source of contamination is unknown. We deal with a wide variety of contaminants, but the predominant contaminants are solvent from dry cleaners, paint manufacturers and industrial degreasing operations; pesticides from old manufacturing facilities, pesticide mixing areas and golf courses; fertilizer from manufacturing facilities or accidental spills; coal tar from old manufactured gas plants; metals from plating industries; and an assortment of contaminants including methane from old landfills. We also deal with junk yards, auto shredding operations, old lead battery waste, buried drums, etc.
Southwest District Contact Information
Delegated Counties:
Brownfield Program: Hillsborough County
Allison, Amram, P.G.
Brownfield Coordinator-Hillsborough County
Waste Management
Environmental Protection Commission
3629 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
P: (813) 627-2600, ext. 1294
http://www.epchc.org/home
Petroleum Cleanup: Hillsborough County
Steffanie Wickham
General Manager III
Waste Management
Environmental Protection Commission
3629 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
P: (813) 627-2600, ext. 1310
http://www.epchc.org/home
Petroleum Cleanup: Pinellas County
[Program and Non-Program-Pinellas, Program Eligible Only for Pasco, Hernando and Citrus]
Joseph Sowers
Supervisor
Florida Department of Health
Mid County Center
8751 Ulmerton Rd., Suite 2000
Largo, FL 33771
P: (727) 538-7277, ext. 7911
http://pinellas.floridahealth.gov
Petroleum Cleanup: Polk County
[Program and Non-Program-Polk and Hardee]
Ralph Meder
Manager
Florida Department of Health
2090 East Clower Street
Bartow, FL 33830
P: (863) 519-8330
http://polk.floridahealth.gov
