Beulah Landfill

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (PDF): OU1 (22 pp., 898K), Deletion (2 pp., 67K)
• Additional Site Documents including Five Year Reviews, Records of Decisions (ROD) and Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD).
• Beulah Landfill Reuse Fact Sheet (PDF: 2 pp, 1.19M)
• For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office (http://www.epa.gov/region4/foiapgs/submit.htm).

Site Background:The Beulah Landfill Superfund Site is an approximately 101-acre site which was operated by Escambia County from 1950 to 1984. Its northern and southern sections were run independently. The northern landfill, used from 1950 to 1960, accepted mostly municipal trash. The southern sludge disposal pits began receiving domestic septic tank wastes in 1968 and continued to take municipal trash, industrial waste, demolition debris, and municipal sludges until 1984 when the State ordered a halt to operations at the pits.  In 1999 a clay cap was installed on the northern section and a high density polyethylene synthetic liner was installed on the southern section. 

Site Responsibility

Escambia County Solid Waste Department is carrying out the clean up of this site.

Threats and Contaminants 

The baseline Risk Assessment showed that there is no unacceptable risk to human health or the environment at the Site.  The 2003 and 2008 five-year reviews determined that the selected remedy is protective and poses no unacceptable risk to human health and the environment.

Cleanup Approach
Past actions:
After the site was listed on the NPL in 1990, EPA entered into an agreement with the potentially responsible parties to perform investigations which determined that, with the exception of groundwater monitoring, EPA's response at the site was complete. The 1993 Record of Decision determined that no action is necessary to ensure the protection of human health or the environment. However the groundwater will be monitored to ensure that this no action remains protective of human health or the environment. The ROD states that the site will be closed by the State of Florida in accordance with the Florida Administrative Code.

Cleanup Progress

Deleted from the NPL
The site was deleted June 22, 1998.  Statutory five-year reviews were completed September 24, 1998, September 16, 2003 and September 2008.

Future Work and Contacts

The next five-year review is due in September, 2013

EPA Remedial Project Manager – Erik Spalvins 404-562-8938

Site Repository – George Stone Vocational School, 2400 Longleaf Dr., Pensacola, FL 32526