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ERM's Contamination Cleanup and Monitoring Section is responsible to ensure cleanup of soil and groundwater contamination from petroleum and petroleum products. Regulation of petroleum contamination is provided by Palm Beach County Ordinance 2009-018 as adopted under Chapter 62-770, Florida Administrative Code and Chapter 62-777, Florida Administrative Code.

The primary responsibility of the Contamination Cleanup and Monitoring Section is to provide the technical oversight, management, and administrative activities necessary to prioritize, assess, and clean up sites contaminated by discharges of petroleum and petroleum products from stationary petroleum storage systems. These sites include those determined eligible for state funded cleanup using preapproval contractors designated by the property owner or responsible party and state lead contractors under director contract with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), as well as non-program or voluntary cleanup sites that are funded by responsible parties. To view a description of the various state funded petroleum cleanup programs available, click here.

There are approximately 1,564 petroleum contaminated sites reported in Palm Beach County, of which 994 have been cleaned up or otherwise completed. Approximately 248 sites are currently being cleaned up and 403 still require cleanup.

• FDEP Petroleum Cleanup Program [External Link]
• FDEP Storage Tank Regulation [External Link]
• FDEP Waste Management Rules [External Link]
• FDEP Document Management System (Oculus) [External Link]
• Florida Petroleum Marketers Association [External Link]
• Countywide Information Network for Electronic Media Access (CINEMA)
• Environmental Access Search Index (EASI; Records Search)

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