Objectives

To protect and restore Brevard County’s groundwater and drinking water supplies through proper management and disposal of hazardous materials, hazardous waste, and petroleum products.

Section Functions

The Brevard County Natural Resources Management Office (NRMO), Environmental Remediation and Compliance (ERC) Section, is currently contracted with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to inspect all petroleum storage facilities in Brevard County and oversee cleanups of petroleum contamination in Brevard and Indian Rivers Counties in accordance with Chapters 62-761 and 62-770, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), the stationary tank rule and the petroleum contamination cleanup criteria rule, respectively. 

In addition, using fees generated by Business Tax Receipts, the Environmental Remediation and Compliance Section also inspects potential and known generators of hazardous waste. 

Section Duties

Oversite, Review, and Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Facilities countywide.
• Continue to train all compliance staff on how to provide cost effective and efficient inspection services.
• Continue to educate and assist facility owners and operators on complying with State and Federal rules to reduce the number of violations.
• Continue to educate and assist facility owners and operators on pollution prevention strategies to reduce the number of new releases of hazardous materials, hazardous waste, and petroleum products.

Section Statistics

  Petroleum Remediation

• Number of Reported Petroleum Discharges in Brevard County as of 7/10/2006: 
  Total   -   762  
  Eligible (or Partially Eligible) for Stated Funded Cleanup   -   487
  (Note that many facilities have multiple discharges).

• Number of Petroleum Discharges in Brevard County Completed ("No Cleanup Required," "No Further Action," or "Site Rehabilitation Completion") as of 7/10/2006: 
  Total   -   198
  Eligible for Stated Funded Cleanup   -   134 
• Number Petroleum Cleanup Sites (Brevard and Indian River Counties) Managed per Fiscal Year (July 1 through June):
  Fiscal Year 02/03   -    105
  Fiscal Year 03/04   -   143
  Fiscal Year 04/05   -   165
  Fiscal Year 05/06   -   169
  Estimated for Fiscal Year 06/07   -   170

  Storage Tank Compliance

• Number of Registered Storage Tank Facilities/Sites in Brevard County as of 7/10/2006:
  Total Reported   -   1,583
  Open   -   749
  Closed   -   790   
  Other   -   44 
• Number of Registered Storage Tanks in Brevard County as of 7/12/2006:
  Total Reported   -   5,412
  Total Active   -   1,743
  Total Regulated   -   1,285
  Total Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)  -   3,764
  Total Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs)   -   1,648
  Total Pollutant (e.g. Kerosene, Fuel Oil, Waste Oil, Pesticides, Chlorine, Ammonia, and similar)  -  1,281
  Total Vehicular Fuels (e.g. Leaded/Unleaded Gasoline, Vehicular Diesel, Jet Fuel, etc.)   -   3,687
  Total Hazardous   -   79
  Total Exempt   -   365
• Number Petroleum Inspections/Re-Inspections completed in Brevard County NRMO by fiscal year (July through June):
  Fiscal Year 01/02   -   1,184 
  Fiscal Year 02/03   -   1,396
  Fiscal Year 03/04   -   1,387
  Fiscal Year 04/05   -   1,350
  Fiscal Year 05/06   -   1,109
  Estimated for Fiscal Year 06/07  -  at least 100% of regulated facilities plus tank installastions, removals, and re-inspections, as needed

   Hazardous Waste Compliance

• Approximate Number of Registered Hazardous Waste Facilities in Brevard County:
  Small Quantity Generators (SQGs)    -    1500
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators    -   2120
  Large Quantity Generators (LQGs)   -   15
  Estimated Potentially Hazardous Generator Inspections conducted per year  -  380