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- 8737. ***Proposed Site*** March 2012


### FAIRFAX ST. WOOD TRE ATERS Jacksonville, Florida Duval County

 **Site Location :** 
Fairfax St. Wood Treaters is located at 2610 Fairfax Str eet, Jacksonville, Florida. The 12

- acre property is located in a dense residential area, adjacent to two elementary schools , a day care center and several homes.

 **Site History:**

From 1980 to 2010, Wood Treater s , LLC pressure treated utility poles, pilings and other lumber products using the preservative chromated copper arsenate (CCA). Wood Treaters, LLC filed for bankruptcy, and by July 2010 ceased operations and abandoned the facility. Seven above ground storage tanks, in poor condition, contained high levels of arsenic, chromium and copper. In August 2010, the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection requested the EPA’s assistance in mitigating the release of hazardous substances to the environment.

 **Site Contamination/Contaminants:**
CCA is characterized by a bright green color and is composed of waterborne oxides of chromium, copper and arsenic.

Wood treated with CCA drip

- dried on the property, resulting in arsenic, chromium and copper contamination . During operations, some contaminated storm water flowed off the s ite and onto surrounding properties including a parking lot retention pond and Moncrief Creek. Wood treating operations resulted in soil , water and sediment contamination with chromium, copper and arsenic. Arsenic and chromium are known human carcinogens.

 **Potential Impacts on Surrounding C ommunity/Environment** **:** Several nearby residential properties, two schools and a day care center have been contaminated by the site. The contamination came to be located on surrounding properties by overland storm water runoff or by wind deposition.

Moncrief Creek is potentially contaminated and will be investigated during the Remedial Investigation.

 **Response Activities (to date):**
On August 11, 2010, the EPA initiated an e mergency response and removal action to secure the s ite and prevent
further release s of hazardous substances. To date, the EPA response actions have prevented contaminated water from discharging offsite, removed water and sediment from the onsite retention pond, removed the surface soil across the

entire s ite and removed all tanks and piping. In addition, the EPA removed contaminated soil , and the water and sediments of a retention pond, on the adjacent elementary school play ground.

 **Need for NPL Listing:**
The state referred the site to the EPA because the operator abandoned the faci lity. Wood Treaters, LLC did not have

financial assurance to fund the cleanup of the facility. No other federal and state cleanup programs are available to

remediate the site. Inclusion on the Superfund National Priorities List will allow the EPA to addres s subsurface soil contamination on the site, soil contamination on residential properties surrounding the site, and to determine the impacts of the site on local ground water and surface water. The EPA received a letter of support for placing this site

on the NPL from the state of Florida.