The Florida Legislature has established a state funded program to clean up properties that are contaminated as a result of the operations of a drycleaning facility or wholesale supply facility (Chapter 376, F.S.). The statute was sponsored by the drycleaning industry to address environmental, economic and liability issues resulting from drycleaning solvent contamination.
Years ago there was less understanding of how dumping or improper management of chemical wastes might adversely affect public health and the environment. The result of such practices was that hazardous substances contaminated thousands of properties across the nation. Congress passed legislation in 1980 establishing the Superfund Program in order to locate, investigate and clean up these sites. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers the Superfund Program in cooperation with individual states and tribal governments.
State Funded Cleanup is designed to address sites
Site rehabilitation activities are triggered when a Florida Department of Environmental Protection district office requests adoption of a site for state-funded cleanup.
The prevention and cleanup of contamination by hazardous waste is one of the nation's major concerns. But nowhere is it of greater importance than in Florida, where ground water is the source of almost 90 percent of the state's drinking water. The recreational benefits and fish and wildlife habitats provided by Florida's surface waters must also be protected. Florida's natural resources are vital to the quality of life its residents and visitors expect and enjoy. While Florida is not normally thought of as an industrialized state, sources of pollution do exist, and generated wastes need pro
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