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Sixty-Second Street Dump
National Information
Photos/Multimedia
Gated entrance to the 62nd Street Dump site.
- Additional Site Photos
- Site Video
Additional Resources
- Site Cleanup Terms - can be found in EPA's glossary
- EPA Guides to Cleanup Technologies
- Superfund Community Involvement (PDF) (17 pp, 130K, About PDF)
Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: FLD980728877Location: Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Lat/Long: 27.969430, -082.386380
Congressional District: 07
NPL Status: Proposed: 12/30/82; Final: 09/08/83; Deleted: 10/01/99
Affected Media: Debris, Ground water, Soil
Cleanup Status: Deleted from the NPL - Physical cleanup activities have been completed.
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: Industrial - an automobile scrapyard operates on the site.
Site Manager: Joe Alfano (alfano.joe@epa.gov)
Site Background
The 62nd Street Dump site is a 5.5-acre former private landfill located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. In the late 1960s, the 62nd Street Dump site was operated as a borrow pit where sand was removed for use as fill material. When the borrow operations ceased, the owner of the site allowed several companies in the Tampa area to use the excavated pits for disposal of various waste materials including, but not limited to, construction and demolition debris, cement kiln dust, battery wastes, and waste materials from an automobile shredder. The owner ceased the dumping operation in 1976; however, unauthorized disposal of household garbage and construction debris continued after that date.
Threats and Contaminants
Contamination of soil and ground water at the 62nd Street Dump site was a result of improper disposal practices associated with former site operations. The estimated 48,000 cubic yards of waste on the property were considered to be a potential risk to human health due to the presence of the following contaminants of concern: antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Site Cleanup Plan
The Record of Decision (ROD) for the site was issued in 1990. Major cleanup elements for the site included:
- Solidification/stabilization of the battery wastes, shredded auto parts, and contaminated soils (approximately 48,000 cubic yards).
- No treatment of the on-site cement wastes since they present little threat through either direct contact or leaching to ground water.
- Capping of the entire site (approximately 5.5 acres) with a two-foot vegetative soil cover underlain by an impermeable membrane.
- Extraction and treatment of the ground water from the surficial aquifer both on site and off site.
- Institutional controls or other land use restrictions to ensure the integrity of the cap and preclude exposure to the treated soils.
Cleanup Progress
Of the numerous potentially responsible parties (PRPs) identified for the 62nd Street Dump site, only The David J. Joseph Company and Lafarge Corporation actively participated in the remediation of the site throughout the Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) programs. Site cleanup activities were led primarily by these PRPs with oversight by EPA.
Implementation of the RA resulted in the treatment of more than 100 tons of waste and soil at the site to prevent leaching of contaminants to ground water. A soil-bentonite cut-off wall was also constructed to limit the potential for contaminants to migrate from the site. The soil-bentonite cut-off wall, the top cover over treated wastes, and the low hydraulic conductivity of the stabilized waste and soil provide additional protection against leaching and migration to ground water.
Remedy construction was completed in 1995 and this site was deleted from the National Priorities List in 1999.Enforcement Activities
In March 1984, the Florida Department of Environmental Resources and the EPA entered into a Cooperative Agreement to conduct a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at the site.
In 1991, EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order directing the PRPs to develop the RD for the remedies selected in the ROD, and to implement the RD by performing an RA. Later that year, a Consent Decree was signed in which PRPs agreed to develop the RD and implement the RA for the 62nd Dump site.
Community Involvement
EPA has conducted a range of community involvement activities at the 62nd Street Dump site to solicit community input and to ensure that the public remains informed about site activities throughout the site cleanup process. Outreach activities have included public notices, interviews, and public meetings on cleanup activities and updates.
Fact Sheets
- Reuse Fact Sheet (PDF) (1 pg, 624K, About PDF)
Future Work
Since contaminants remain on the property, the site is subject to Five-Year Reviews (FYRs) to assess continued effectiveness of the remedy. The next FYR is due in September 2009.
Annual ground water monitoring events are ongoing.
Site Administrative Documents
Site Repository
For more information or to view any site-related documents, please visit the site information repository at the following location. As new documents are generated, they will be placed in the information repository for public information.
Special Collections
John F. Germany Library Branch
Tampa/Hillsborough County Public Library System
900 North Ashley Drive
Tampa, Florida 33602
Administrative Record Index
- ROD (PDF) (1 pg, 31K, About PDF)
- Amendment (PDF) (9 pp, 351K, About PDF)
- Deletion (PDF) (2 pp, 96K, About PDF)
- 3rd Five Year Review(PDF) (85 pp, 11.25MB, About PDF)
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.