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Contamination Costs Commercial Neighbor

HIALEAH, FL-Florida East Coast Railway agrees to settle a potentially costly federal administrative action over 600 sf of right-of-way property affected by years of pollution discharge from a now-defunct electroplating operation in this former horse-racing city, eight miles northwest of Miami.

By David R. Corder | Updated on June 05, 2001

HIALEAH, FL-When they first discovered the encroachment, officials at Florida East Coast Railway Co. simply asked the offending, neighboring commercial property owner to pay rent on 600 sf of rail-line right-of-way abutting 190 W. 49th St.

In hindsight, officials at the subsidiary of Jacksonville, FL-based Florida East Coast Industries Inc. probably wished they took legal action then against the now defunct Standard Auto Bumper Corp.

The rail carrier agreed last week to settle a potentially costly administration action over years of contamination that the federal Environmental Protection Agency directly attributes to the now-defunct operations at the former Hialeah electroplating company.

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