Florida Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program (DSCP)

The Florida Legislature set up a state-funded program to clean up properties contaminated by the operations of a drycleaning facility or a wholesale supply facility, under Chapter 376, Florida Statutes. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administers it as the Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program, and its Waste Site Cleanup Section is responsible for carrying it out. DEP says the statute was sponsored by the drycleaning industry to address the environmental, economic and liability issues that come with drycleaning solvent contamination.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name dry cleaner cleanup lists among its standard record sources. For a property with a dry cleaner in its history, this program is where a state-funded cleanup record would be.

• Protection depends on eligibility. DEP says the program gives limited liability protection to the owner, the operator and the real property owner of a drycleaning or wholesale supply facility for cleanup of drycleaning solvent contamination, if the parties meet the eligibility conditions stated in the law. Check whether a site was found eligible before relying on the program.
• Sites are ranked. DEP's program page links a Priority Ranking List and a monthly dashboard. Ask where a site stands on the list.
• Assessment can come with a covenant. DEP posts an Advanced Site Assessment process for eligible sites. The attachments it lists include a real property owner's intent to execute an interim restrictive covenant, a site access agreement, and a conditional closure interim restrictive covenant. Check the recorded documents for a site that went through it.
• There is a voluntary route. The program page links a model Voluntary Cleanup Agreement. Entering one is a condition of the Voluntary Cleanup Tax Credit for a drycleaning solvent cleanup.
• Registration is a separate record. Who registered a drycleaning facility is on the Drycleaning facility registration page.

DEP's rules page lists Chapter 62-781, F.A.C., for the program. The separate Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Criteria, Chapter 62-782, was repealed on June 12, 2013, and the rules page points to Chapter 62-780 in its place. That rule is on the Contaminated Site Cleanup Criteria page.

Where to look a site up

• DEP's Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program page links the Priority Ranking List, the monthly dashboard and the program's general information document.
• The same page links the Contamination Locator Map (CLM) and the DEP Information Portal.
• The program's listed phone number is 850-245-8705.

Getting the file

DEP's OCULUS document system gives access to public records associated with permitted facilities and activities. Documents are filed under a DEP program and facility, so have the facility or site name or the facility identification number. For a paper records search, DEP says to contact the district office's Public Records Coordinator or the Office of Ombudsman and Public Services (Public.services@FloridaDEP.gov, 850-245-2118). The routes and fees are on the Public records and OCULUS page.

Sources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection pages, read October 6, 2026:

• Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program, last modified July 9, 2026.
• Waste Cleanup Program, no modified date shown.
• Waste Site Cleanup Section, last modified July 9, 2026.
• Voluntary Cleanup Tax Credit, last modified May 27, 2026.
• Division of Waste Management Rules, last modified April 21, 2026.
• Public Records, last modified October 2, 2026.