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In May 2017, EPA established a task force to restore the Superfund program to its rightful
place at the center of the Agency's core mission to protect health and the environment.

epa.gov/superfund/superfund-task-force

Sites in Reuse

Seffner Former Industrial Property

Taylor Road, Seffner, Florida 33619







Images from left to right: Truck rest stop, municipal recycling center and Academy of Model Aeronautics flying field at the site.

Site Name: Taylor Road Landfill Superfund Site
Size: 42 acres

Existing Site Infrastructure: All major utilities are available on site.

Current Site Uses: Hillsborough County established a recycling center, a community collection center, a
household chemical/electronics collection center, a site maintenance facility and an environmental field office at
die site. The County uses part of die landfill to grow hay for erosion control and worked widi die Tampa Radio-
Control Aircraft Club and die Academy of Model Aeronautics on a model airplane park diat includes a paved
runway and covered working areas. Commercial uses on die southern part of die site include a truck stop, a
restaurant and car sales.

Use Restrictions: Land uses on die landfill are prohibited by die State RCRA Landfill Closure Program.

SETTING:

•	The site is part of a larger 252-acre property that includes
a Hillsborough County-owned landfill complex of three
closed landfills — the 42-acre Taylor Road Landfill, the 64-
acre Hillsborough Heights Landfill and the 11-acre Florida
Department of Transportation Borrow Pit Landfill.

•	Hie closed landfills are capped, vegetated and vacant.

•	Site surroundings include residential, commercial and
agricultural areas.

•	As of December 2017, EPA had data for 10 on-site businesses.
These businesses employed 243 people and generated an
estimated $134,042,780 in annual sales revenue.

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 mile, 442 people
2.5 miles, 23,626 people | 4 miles, 65,632 people.

Disddm0i EPA does not warrant that the property is suitable
for any particular use. Prospective purchasers must contact the
property owner for sale potential.

REMEDIAL STATUS:

•	Hillsborough County operated a solid waste landfill at the site
from 1975 to 1980.

•	During site investigations, BPA determined that the Taylor
Road Landfill was the only landfill contributing to groundwater
contamination at the site. Hie Taylor Road Landfill was
constructed without a liner or leachate collection system.

•	The site's remedy includes a gas collection system, cap,
vegetation cover, groundwater drainage system, institutional
controls and monitored natural attenuation.

•	Area residents are connected to the public water supply,
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

link Spalvins
Remedial Project Manager
Phone: (404) 562-8938

Email: spahrjiis.eijk@epa.gov
Site Summary: www.epa.gov/superfund/laylor-road-landfill

EPA Region 4 Reuse Fact Sheets

September 2018


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