Florida Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Florida (FL)

Overview

TRI Facilities
752
Water Systems
1,516
Superfund Sites
81
Total Violations
2,676
Total Releases
41.8M lbs
Health Violations
410
water systems

Largest Polluters

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# Facility Total Releases
1 ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC 17.5M lbs
2 NORTHSIDE GENERATING STATION 2.2M lbs
3 ENVIROFOCUS TECHNOLOGIES 1.9M lbs
4 FOLEY CELLULOSE LLC 1.8M lbs
5 WESTROCK 1.4M lbs
6 MOSAIC FERTILIZER LLC-NEW WALES PLANT 1.1M lbs
7 SEMINOLE GENERATING STATION 1.1M lbs
8 INTERNATIONAL PAPER PENSACOLA MILL 1.0M lbs
9 STANTON ENERGY CENTER 920.5K lbs
10 US SUGAR CORP-CLEWISTON SUGAR HOUSE 835.7K lbs
11 WHITE SPRINGS AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS INC. - NUTRIEN 733.5K lbs
12 GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONS LLC 578.6K lbs
13 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO RIVIERA BEACH ENERGY CENTER 503.6K lbs
14 MOSAIC FERTILIZER LLC-BARTOW 501.0K lbs
15 OKEECHOBEE CLEAN ENERGY CENTER 394.8K lbs
16 PILGRIM'S PRIDE LIVE OAK PROCESSING PLANT 366.9K lbs
17 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT-WEST COUNTY ENERGY CENTER PLANT 351.5K lbs
18 SEABRING MARINE INDUSTRIES INC. 314.1K lbs
19 RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS LLC FERNANDINA PLANT 307.3K lbs
20 MOSAIC FERTILIZER LLC-RIVERVIEW 294.9K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System Population Violations
TOWN OF FORT WHITE WTP 750 97
RIVERLANDINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT 134 83
APALACHICOLA, CITY OF 5,235 80
R. C. WILLIS WTP (CITY OF PALATKA) 11,900 78
SUMTERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT 500 60
HIDDEN ACRES ESTATES 250 58
RPUMA 1,000 57
RIVERBEND ESTATES 200 54
LAKE UTILITY SERVICES INC NORTH (8 WPS) 24,798 50
WAKULLA REGIONAL (AKA GULF COAST) 10,637 48
CITY OF PERRY 7,281 45
SUWANNEE VALLEY ESTATES 75 44
RIVIERA BEACH UTILITY DISTRICT, CITY OF 46,762 41
COUNTRY WALK UTILITIES, INC. 95 41
GULF COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT 6,287 36
MARION CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION 2,700 35
SHELTER COVE RESORT 187 35
LAKE HARNEY WATER ASSOCIATION 700 33
LEESBURG, CITY OF 43,148 32
HIGHLAND TERRACE APARTMENTS 35 32

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (81)

Site Name Status HRS Score
Agrico Chemical Co. NPL Site 44.98
Airco Plating Co. NPL Site 42.47
Alaric Area Ground Water Plume NPL Site 41.91
Alpha Chemical Corp. Deleted NPL Site 43.24
American Creosote Works (Pensacola Plant) NPL Site 58.41
Anaconda Aluminum Co./Milgo Electronics Corp. Deleted NPL Site 31.03
Anodyne, Inc. NPL Site 31.03
Arkla Terra Property NPL Site 50.00
B&B Chemical Co., Inc. Deleted NPL Site 35.35
Beulah Landfill Deleted NPL Site 38.17
BMI-Textron Deleted NPL Site 35.34
Brown Wood Preserving Deleted NPL Site 45.51
Cabot/Koppers NPL Site 36.69
Callaway & Son Drum Service Deleted NPL Site 46.22
Cecil Field Naval Air Station NPL Site 31.99
Chemform, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 37.93
Chevron Chemical Co. (Ortho Division) NPL Site 50.00
City Industries, Inc. NPL Site 32.00
Coleman-Evans Wood Preserving Co. Deleted NPL Site 46.18
Continental Cleaners NPL Site 50.00
Davie Landfill Deleted NPL Site 57.86
Dubose Oil Products Co. Deleted NPL Site 34.18
Escambia Wood - Pensacola NPL Site 50.00
Fairfax St. Wood Treaters Deleted NPL Site 50.00
Flash Cleaners NPL Site 50.00
Florida Petroleum Reprocessors NPL Site 50.00
Florida Steel Corp. NPL Site 45.92
General Dynamics Longwood NPL Site 50.00
Gold Coast Oil Corp. Deleted NPL Site 57.80
Harris Corp. (Palm Bay Plant) NPL Site 35.57
Helena Chemical Co. (Tampa Plant) NPL Site 30.19
Hipps Road Landfill Deleted NPL Site 31.94
Hollingsworth Solderless Terminal NPL Site 44.53
Homestead Air Force Base NPL Site 42.40
Jacksonville Naval Air Station NPL Site 32.08
JJ Seifert Machine NPL Site 50.00
Kassauf-Kimerling Battery Disposal Deleted NPL Site 53.42
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Jacksonville NPL Site 70.71
Landia Chemical Company NPL Site 50.00
Madison County Sanitary Landfill NPL Site 37.93
Miami Drum Services NPL Site 53.56
MRI Corp (Tampa) NPL Site 37.62
Munisport Landfill Deleted NPL Site 32.37
Normandy Park Apartments Proposed NPL Site 49.98
Northwest 58th Street Landfill Deleted NPL Site 49.43
Parramore Surplus Deleted NPL Site 37.61
Peak Oil Co./Bay Drum Co. NPL Site 58.15
Pensacola Naval Air Station NPL Site 42.40
Pepper Steel & Alloys, Inc. NPL Site 31.92
Petroleum Products Corp. NPL Site 40.11
Pickettville Road Landfill NPL Site 42.94
Pioneer Sand Co. Deleted NPL Site 51.97
Piper Aircraft Corp./Vero Beach Water & Sewer Department NPL Site 31.13
Post and Lumber Preserving Co. Inc. NPL Site 36.33
Raleigh Street Dump NPL Site 50.00
Reeves Southeastern Galvanizing Corp. NPL Site 58.75
Sanford Dry Cleaners NPL Site 50.00
Sapp Battery Salvage NPL Site 47.70
Schuylkill Metals Corp. Deleted NPL Site 59.16
Sherwood Medical Industries NPL Site 39.83
Sixty-Second Street Dump Deleted NPL Site 49.09
Solitron Microwave NPL Site 50.00
Southern Solvents, Inc. NPL Site 50.00
Standard Auto Bumper Corp. Deleted NPL Site 42.79
Stauffer Chemical Co (Tampa) NPL Site 59.81
Stauffer Chemical Co. (Tarpon Springs) NPL Site 50.00
Sydney Mine Sludge Ponds NPL Site 38.93
Taylor Road Landfill NPL Site 51.37
Tower Chemical Co. NPL Site 44.03
Trans Circuits, Inc. NPL Site 50.00
Tri-City Oil Conservationist, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 39.30
Tyndall Air Force Base NPL Site 50.00
United Metals, Inc. NPL Site 33.73
Varsol Spill Deleted NPL Site 44.46
Whitehouse Oil Pits Deleted NPL Site 52.58
Whiting Field Naval Air Station NPL Site 50.00
Wilson Concepts of Florida, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 37.93
Wingate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump NPL Site 31.72
Woodbury Chemical Co. (Princeton Plant) Deleted NPL Site 39.43
Yellow Water Road Dump Deleted NPL Site 30.26
Zellwood Ground Water Contamination NPL Site 51.91

Counties (60 total)

County Population Facilities
Hillsborough 69
Duval 59
Polk 64
Miami-dade 44
Orange 53
Broward 38
Pinellas 37
Brevard 30
Volusia 30
Escambia 19
Palm Beach 24
Manatee 20
Lee 18
Lake 14
Pasco 15
Marion 14
Osceola 13
St Lucie 12
Seminole 8
Bay 8

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Florida has 60 counties total.

Largest Cities

Branford
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Bostwick
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Lake City
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4 facilities · 5 water systems
Fernandina Beach
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3 facilities · 3 water systems
Flagler Beach
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Elkton
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Green Cove Springs
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3 facilities · 1 water systems
Live Oak
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3 facilities · 4 water systems
Orange Park
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2 facilities · 1 water systems
Sanderson
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Ormond Beach
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3 facilities · 3 water systems
Palatka
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5 facilities · 3 water systems
Raiford
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Saint Augustine
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4 facilities · 0 water systems
Starke
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3 facilities · 3 water systems
White Springs
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1 facilities · 1 water systems
Yulee
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1 facilities · 0 water systems
Candler
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2 facilities · 0 water systems
Bunnell
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3 facilities · 3 water systems
Daytona Beach
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4 facilities · 2 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Florida: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.