- The Hydrocarbon Burn Facility is located approximately 2,000 feet west of the Banana River and north of NASA Parkway East on Merritt Island.
- Former firefighting training activities were conducted at the Hydrocarbon Burn Facility from 1966 to 1994.
- Fuels were pumped via underground piping to the large and small hydrocarbon burn pans to fuel practice fires.
- In 1999, environmental investigations at the Hydrocarbon Burn Facility identified chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in groundwater and the presence of petroleum-related light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) in the groundwater.
- 14,250 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 6,095 gallons of LNAPL-containing liquid were removed and disposed of off-site in 2017.
- The VOC groundwater contamination is being addressed by monitoring groundwater.
- PFOS and PFOA were detected in all 12 monitoring wells sampled with concentrations greater than the Health Advisory Level until they were put in a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment at the effluent water.
