EPA begins groundwater cleanup at Florida Superfund site decades after designation

The Environmental Protection Agency is starting remediation work this fall at a contaminated North Florida site that forced the relocation of roughly 400 households in the 1990s, concluding a lengthy bureaucratic process.

First covered Oct 17, 2026 · 1:50 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

EPA begins groundwater cleanup at Florida Superfund site decades after designation — Image via insideclimatenews.org

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congress.gov If11982 (congress.gov)

cumulis.epa.gov ESCAMBIA WOOD - PENSACOLA | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA

epa.gov A Town, a Flood, and Superfund: Looking Back at the Times Beach Disaster Nearly 40 Years Later | US EPA

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floridaphoenix.com Decades later, EPA still working on cleanup of Florida’s “Mount Dioxin” • Florida Phoenix

epa.gov Superfund Sites in Reuse in Florida

cumulis.epa.gov PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CORP.

epa.gov 02/16/2006: Final Cleanup Plan Approved for Escambia Wood Treating Company Superfund Site in Pensacola, Fla.

beta.epa.gov Superfund Sites in Reuse in Florida

Appeared in: 2026-10-19 (#14)

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