Gold Coast Oil Corp.

• Site Profile
• Administrative Record Index (PDF): OU1 (13 pp., 336K), ESD (7 pp., 24K),
  Deletion (3 pp., 93K)
• Additional Site Documents including Five Year Reviews, Records of Decisions (ROD) and Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD).
• For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office (http://www.epa.gov/region4/foiapgs/submit.htm).
• Ready for Reuse (PDF, 1 pp., 135K)

Site Background:
The Gold Coast Oil Site is the former location of an oil reclamation facility that operated over an 11-year period. The Site is approximately two acres in size and is located in a mixed commercial, industrial, and residential area of Miami, Florida. Poor housekeeping practices and improper disposal of wastes resulted in extensive contamination of surface and subsurface soils at levels that posed a threat to human health, welfare and/or the environment. The underlying Biscayne aquifer, a sole source of drinking water for Dade County, was also extensively contaminated at levels in excess of Federal and State Drinking Water Standards.

Cleanup Progress: Construction Completed
This was a fund lead operation as there were no viable PRPs. Soil remediation began in March 1989, with the excavation and offsite disposal of 683 tons of contaminated soils and hardened waste sludge. An additional 200 cubic yards of contaminated soil was excavated for offsite disposal in March 1990. A comprehensive system of groundwater monitoring, recovery, and disposal was implemented in July 1990. Contaminated groundwater was recovered through a series of wells and treated onsite with a dual column air stripping system for the removal of volatile organic compounds. The treated groundwater was returned to the aquifer through onsite injection wells, upgradient of the recovery system. The groundwater recovery and treatment system recovered and treated over 80 million gallons of water, reducing contaminants in the underlying water to within Federal and State drinking water standards and returning the aquifer to its beneficial use. After completion of the cleanup, the site was deleted from the NPL on October 9, 1996.