florida steel corp.

SR 710

The 151-acre site is located in Martin County, Florida, southwest of State Road 710 (Warfield Boulevard), two miles northwest of Indiantown and less than 10 miles east of Lake Okeechobee. Prior to its development as a steel mill, the site property consisted mostly of brush land and swampy areas. Industrial facilities, including a 300-megawatt power plant, agricultural land and residential areas surround the site. In 1969, Florida Steel Corporation (FSC, now Gerdau AmeriSteel) acquired the area to build a steel mill for recycling scrap steel into new steel products. The mill operated from November 1970 until February 1982, when FSC decided to cease production at the facility temporarily. Gerdau AmeriSteel has not used the mill since and has no plans to reopen it. In 1983, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Current site features include part of the former steel mill building, a landfill, a storage tank, a ground water treatment plant and a variety of ground water wells. A marshy area known as the Southwest Wetland is also located on site. The site is not currently in use. The site can support commercial and industrial uses.

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