Southwest District Waste Cleanup

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