Brevard County, FL
The federal environmental record for Brevard County (population 643,979): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
28
TRI facilities
295
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Corp. (Palm Bay Plant) | Palm Bay | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Brevard with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| BAREFOOT BAY FL3050057 | PFOS: 5.5 ng/L PFBS: 4.7 ng/L PFOA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| PALM BAY, CITY OF FL3050442 | PFOS: 9.5 ng/L PFPeA: 9.3 ng/L PFOA: 8.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| MIMS WATER TREATMENT / NORTH BREVARD CO. FL3050834 | PFOS: 15 ng/L PFOA: 8.2 ng/L PFPeA: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| TITUSVILLE, CITY OF FL3051367 | PFOS: 7 ng/L | above final limit |
| MELBOURNE, CITY OF FL3051447 | PFBA: 9 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| WEST MELBOURNE WTR SYS(CONSEC) FL3051460 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFBS: 4.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
28 facilities in Brevard filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 272k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FPL-CAPE CANAVERAL ENERGY CENTER | COCOA | Ammonia | 100k lb |
| SEA RAY BOATS INC MERRITT ISLAND | MERRITT ISLAND | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 74k lb |
| DESIGNER'S CHOICE CABINETRY | ROCKLEDGE | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 30k lb |
| AVIARA BOATS LLC | MERRITT ISLAND | Styrene | 26k lb |
| FAR RESEARCH INC. (DBA FAR CHEMICAL INC.) | PALM BAY | n-Hexane, Methanol | 18k lb |
| RICHARD'S PAINT MANUFACTURING INC | ROCKLEDGE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 7k lb |
| MERRITT PRECISION LLC | MERRITT ISLAND | Styrene | 5k lb |
| RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC. | PALM BAY | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Hydrogen fluoride | 4k lb |
| HYDRO PRECISION TUBING USA LLC | ROCKLEDGE | Zinc (fume or dust) | 3k lb |
| CIDCO PARK | COCOA | Nickel, Chromium | 3k lb |
| US NASA JOHN F KENNEDY SPACE CENTER | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER | Lead, Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 1k lb |
| BLUE ORIGIN FLORIDA LLC | MERRITT ISLAND | Diisocyanates | 250 lb |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. | MALABAR | Lead | 189 lb |
| ROCKWELL COLLINS | MELBOURNE | Lead | 66 lb |
| US AIR FORCE CAPE CANAVERAL AFS | CAPE CANAVERAL AFS | Naphthalene | 7 lb |
| L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. | PALM BAY | Lead | 4 lb |
| MACK TECHNOLOGIES FLORIDA INC. | MELBOURNE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| MC ASSEMBLY | MELBOURNE | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX COCOA / CITY POINT | COCOA | - | 0 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA-MELBOURNE RMC PLANT | MELBOURNE | Lead | 0 lb |
| PROWOOD LLC ROCKLEDGE | ROCKLEDGE | - | 0 lb |
| DELTA GROUP ELECTRONICS INC OF FLORIDA | ROCKLEDGE | - | 0 lb |
| SYMETRICS INDUSTRIES LLC DBA EXTANT AEROSPACE | MELBOURNE | - | 0 lb |
| PREFERRED-MELBOURNE RM | MELBOURNE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX MELBOURNE | MELBOURNE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 969 tank facilities in Brevard: 675 tanks in service and 2,872 closed. 871 fuel releases are on record, of which 295 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Brevard as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Brevard, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COCOA BEACH CHLORINE SPILLCOCOA BEACH
- DICKINSON SITEMELBOURNE
- FED EX COCOACOCOA BEACH
- GOODWILL MERCURY RELEASEMELBOURNE
- HARNER MERCURYTITUSVILLE
- INTERSIL CORPPALM BAY
- NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTERKENNEDY SPACE CENTER
- PRECISION FABRICATING AND CLEANING CO.COCOA
- STORAGETEK PRINTER OPS.PALM BAY
- U.S. AIR FORCE PATRICK AFB FLPATRICK AFB
- UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE CCAFS DELTA IV PROGRAMCAPE CANAVERAL
- WEEKLEY LUMBERROCKLEDGE