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The Jacksonville Ash site includes three separate locations of former waste processing and/or disposal facilities operated or used by the City of Jacksonville. EPA grouped the three locations under one site designation because they have common sources and types of waste and to ensure consistency in the approach to site investigation and cleanup. Included are two former city incinerators at Forest Street and at 5th and Cleveland Streets and a former dump site that is now occupied by Lonnie C. Miller, Sr. Park. All three locations are in the northwest portion of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida

Forest Street Incinerator

The former Forest Street incinerator site occupies approximately 10.5 acres in an area of mixed residential and industrial land use, approximately one mile west of Jacksonville's central business district. The City of Jacksonville operated the Forest Street municipal incinerator from the 1940s until the 1960s. Although some of the ash waste was taken to other dump sites for disposal, a considerable amount was apparently deposited at and near the incinerator location. The former incinerator area is now enclosed by a chain link fence to prevent access. The site also includes adjoining land used or potentially affected by waste handling or ash disposal activities, including the present location of the Forest Park Head Start School on the west portion of the site and a city park facility in the south portion of the site.

After much protest (including one arrest), in late 2005, the Head Start School was closed and those attending it were relocated to other school locations.

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