RETURN TO USE INITIATIVE
2006 Demonstration Project
TAYLOR ROAD LANDFILL
Seffrier, Florida
HE S E: Hillsborough County owned and operated
the 42-acre Taylor Road Landfill as a municipal landfill
from 1976 to 1980. Two additional landfills are adjacent
to the Taylor Road Landfill. In 1979, EPA discovered
volatile organic compounds and metals in site monitoring
wells and numerous private wells drilled into the Floridan
Aquifer, which provides drinking water to much of the
greater Tampa area. Hillsborough County closed all three
landfills in 1983 and began a 30-year maintenance and
monitoring program. EPA listed the Tayior Road Landfill
on the Superfund National Priorities List that same year.
Contamination in the area of the landfills has significantly
abated since that time. In 1995, EPA selected a final remedy
to address the ground water contamination at the Taylor
Road Landfill Superfund site: monitoring ground water to
document attenuation, creating a buffer zone around the
landfills by supplying additional residents with municipal
water, and planning for active ground water remediation
in the future if needed. This work was completed in 1999.
HE OPPOR UNI I The Taylor Road Landfill
Superfund site currently contains a newly-opened first-
rate residential Community Collection Center (CCC),
a Household Chemical/Electronics Collection Center
(HHCCC), a Site Maintenance Facility, and Environmental
Field Office. A portion of the landfill is complex is currently
being utilized by a model airplane club with a paved
runway and covered working areas. Hillsborough County
considers reuse of the site for additional solid waste
management purposes a key component of their future
plans. The potential solid waste management uses of
the property include a yard waste processing facility, a
disaster debris management area, and other processing
operations for waste separation and recycling, in addition,
the County has expressed their interest in seeking grant
funding for the placement of solar panels in an effort
towards development of an energy park. These potential
future uses of the property make it essential to meeting
the ongoing and future solid waste needs of Hillsborough
County.
PICTURED: A grassy field on the Taylor Road Landfill site,
(source: EPA)
BARRIERS:
Superfund site stigma and liability concerns; uncertainty
about whether some future use options are available under
the remedy; need to coordinate with numerous stakeholders
at once.
SOLUTION:
Ongoing dialogue about the site between EPA and
stakeholders; offer of Superfund Redevelopment tools.
PICTURED: A wide view of the TRAX runway and the east
side of the landfill, (source: EPA)
BEFORE:
Cleaned up landfill with some current recreational use and
ongoing ground water monitoring.
AFTER:
Currently, municipal collection centers, an Environmental
Field Office, and other areas for waste separation and
recycling; other possible future uses TBD.
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HE BARRIERS: Regardless of the future use,
some Hillsborough County residents expressed concern
that reusing the Site is unsafe. The other two landfills in
the complex are managed by the state, so reuse at the
site must be coordinated with the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection to ensure that remedies at
these sites are protected. Any reuse option must be
compatible with the remedy and the proposed reuse must
include considerations for managing landfill leachate and
gas.
THE SOLUTION: The site's EPA remedial
project manager and the EPA Region 4 Superfund
Redevelopment Coordinator have discussed reuse ideas
with Hillsborough County and potential developers. EPAs
goal is to facilitate the removal of barriers to reuse. EPA
will not promote one use over another. Thus far, EPA has
been able to answer questions about liability issues and
the compatibility of reuse with the remedy. EPA has also
proposed a number of Superfund Redevelopment tools
that address concerns about safety and health hazards.
A portion of the landfill complex is currently being used
by a local model airplane club. The County will work with
the aeromodelers to ensure that the flying field is not
negatively impacted by the future uses.
HE SI E NOW: If the County decides not to
use the landfill for additional municipal purposes, the
County will determine future site uses or development
according to the County's public bidding process. EPA
will continue to work with Hillsborough County and any
other stakeholders to remove obstacles to reuse at the
site. A number of Superfund Redevelopment tools may
be appropriate to assist the County, such as a Ready
for Reuse Determination, comfort letter, prospective
purchaser support, or enhanced stakeholder involvement
support. Hillsborough County was recently selected to
receive EPA Region 4's "Excellence in Site Reuse" Award
for 2010 for the County's redevelopment work at the site.
PICTURED: New Community Collection Center (CCC)
which opened at the site in May 2010. (source: EPA)
PICTURED: Household Chemical & Electronics Collection
Center located at the Hillsborough Heights /Taylor Road
Landfill Complex, (source: EPA)
PICTURED: Commercial center adjacent to landfill
complex; landfill area visible behind, (source: EPA)
FOR MORE INFORMA ION, PLEASE CON AC ErikSpalvins, Remedial Project Manager,
at (404) 562-8938 or spalvins.erik@epa.aov: or Bill Denman, Region 4 Superfund Redevelopment
Coordinator, at (404) 562-8939 or denman.bill@epa.aov.
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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
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