solitron microwave

4100 COVE ROAD

The 20-acre site is located along Cove Road, approximately three-quarters of a mile east of U.S. Highway 1, in Port Salerno, Florida. The site originally included a main plant building, a hazardous waste storage building, parking lots, a manmade pond and two wastewater fields. Residential areas surround the site. The Solitron Microwave Company (Solitron) ran a metals plating and manufacturing business at the site from 1968 until January 1987. Solitron made materials for the military, aerospace and microwave industries. From 1963 to 1968, the General R. F. Fittings Company ran the facility. The companies used solvents – substances used to dissolve other substances – in the manufacturing and cleaning work. The companies then placed the solvents in barrels and shipped them off site. Site inspections during the mid-1980s found leaking pipes and drum pads that were potential sources of contamination for surrounding soil and ground water. The State of Florida required Solitron to remove about 260 cubic yards of sediments from the facility’s manmade pond in 1989. Later, Solitron did more soil and ground water sampling. Since 1991, the Martin County Health Department has regularly tested private drinking water wells in neighborhoods near the site. At first, 12 private wells had contaminant levels above allowable drinking water standards. Martin County connected these residences to the public water supply. Solitron collected ground water samples between 1988 and 1991 and found contaminant concentrations above drinking water standards. In 1998, EPA listed the site on the NPL. In 2003, the Port Salerno Industrial Park, LLC purchased the site property and redeveloped it into an industrial park. The industrial park includes retail, office and warehouse space.

Hazardous Ranking Score

50 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 4
Phone: (404) 562-9900
Fax: (404) 562-8174

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Timeline

Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        7,833

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $78,618

        Average Income

        3,130

        Occupied homes

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