coleman-evans wood preserving co.

101 CELERY ST

The 11-acre site is located in Whitehouse, Duvall County, Florida, approximately eight miles west of downtown Jacksonville. Grass covers the fenced site. A CSX rail line borders the site to the north, residential homes border the site to the south and west, and a low-lying wooded area borders the site to the east. The surrounding area includes neighborhoods with single-family homes. The site includes the area where a wood preserving facility operated from 1954 to the mid-1980s. Facility operations included treatment of wood products and discharge of wastewater from the treatment process into a drainage ditch. The drainage ditch frequently overflowed and wastewater spread over the ground surface of the site and the residential neighborhood next to the site. In 1983, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Wood treating operations ended in the mid-1980s and wood sawing and drying operations ended in 1994. Currently, the City of Jacksonville owns and maintains the unused site property.