petroleum contamination in Morningside

Written By Siggi Bachmann

A petroleum contamination is active in Morningside. The Chevron gas station at 6075 Biscayne Blvd has had documented petroleum leaks since 1987. In January 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's own contractor found benzene, a known human carcinogen, at 30 times Florida's legal limit in groundwater flowing toward our neighborhood. The contamination plume boundary has never been fully defined. A federal incident report is active under NRC #1465397.

DERM has confirmed it will begin testing residential irrigation wells in Morningside starting this week and will conduct a door-to-door neighborhood well survey.

GET YOUR WELL TESTED

If you have an irrigation well or want your property included in DERM's testing survey, you have two options.

Option 1 — Email the Morningside Collective morningsidecollectivemiami@gmail.com.
Include your street address. We will add you to the list being provided directly to DERM.

Option 2 — Contact DERM directly EnvironmentalComplaints@miamidade.gov
derm@miamidade.gov

In your email, say: I am a Morningside resident requesting to have my irrigation well tested and to be added to the Morningside neighborhood well survey in connection with the active petroleum contamination investigation at Sunshine 474, 6075 Biscayne Blvd, FDEP Facility ID 138504519, NRC Incident Report #1465397.

CONTACTS

DERM
EnvironmentalComplaints@miamidade.gov
derm@miamidade.gov

FDEP
public.services@floridadep.gov

National Response Center — 24 hours
1-800-424-8802
Reference NRC Incident Report #1465397

Florida Department of Health Miami-Dade
305-623-3500

Morningside Collective
morningsidecollectivemiami@gmail.com
morningsidecollective.org

KEY DOCUMENTS

FDEP Petroleum Contamination MapSearch any Miami-Dade address for open petroleum discharge sites.
https://prodapps.dep.state.fl.us/dep-clnup/

FDEP Facility ID 138504519

Earth Systems Interim Assessment Report — February 19, 2024FDEP-commissioned groundwater assessment documenting benzene at 30 times the legal limit. Download the report here.

Siggi Bachmann