escambia wood - pensacola
3910 N PALAFOX ST.
The Escambia Treating Company (ETC) site is located at 3910 North Palafox Street, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. The former ETC facility is located in a mixed industrial and residential area, bordered on the north by former residential neighborhoods, on the west by Palafox Street, on the east by a Railroad Switchyard, and on the south by an abandoned concrete plant and small industrial park. The ETC site includes the 26-acre former facility and about 69 acres of the nearby former residential areas. The Agrico Superfund site is located about a quarter mile southeast of the site. From 1942 until 1982, the Escambia Wood Treating Company manufactured treated utility poles, foundation pilings and lumber with creosote and pentachlorophenol (PCP). Operations generated wastewater that was stored on site in impoundments. In 1991, the company filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the facility. In October 1991, EPA began a removal action to stabilize the site, excavate contaminated materials and to estimate the amount of material to be dealt with in future phases of the cleanup. The removal action was completed in 1992. The excavated material (225,000 cubic yards) was stockpiled on-site and secured under a heavy duty geomembrane cover. In 1994, EPA listed the site on the NPL. EPA placed the site on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994 because of contaminated soil and ground water resulting from facility operations. EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) have investigated site conditions and taken steps to clean up the site in order to protect people and the environment from contamination.
Hazardous Ranking Score
50 / 100
A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.Subscribe
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Census
5,280 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
N/A |
Average Income |
1,372 |
Occupied homes |
