Hillsborough County, FL
The federal environmental record for Hillsborough County (population 1,535,564): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
17
Superfund NPL sites
77
federal cleanup sites
10
PFAS-detecting water systems
74
TRI facilities
795
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaric Area Ground Water Plume | Tampa | on the NPL | 12/01/2000 |
| Arkla Terra Property | Thonotosassa | on the NPL | 04/09/2009 |
| Helena Chemical Co. (Tampa Plant) | Tampa | on the NPL | 10/14/1992 |
| JJ Seifert Machine | Ruskin | on the NPL | 03/04/2010 |
| Kassauf-Kimerling Battery Disposal | Tampa | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| MRI Corp (Tampa) | Tampa | on the NPL | 12/23/1996 |
| Normandy Park Apartments | Temple Terrace | proposed | - |
| Peak Oil Co./Bay Drum Co. | Tampa | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Raleigh Street Dump | Tampa | on the NPL | 04/09/2009 |
| Reeves Southeastern Galvanizing Corp. | Tampa | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Schuylkill Metals Corp. | Plant City | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Sixty-Second Street Dump | Tampa | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Southern Solvents, Inc. | Tampa | on the NPL | 07/27/2000 |
| Stauffer Chemical Co (Tampa) | Tampa | on the NPL | 12/23/1996 |
| Sydney Mine Sludge Ponds | Brandon | on the NPL | 10/04/1989 |
| Taylor Road Landfill | Seffner | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Tri-City Oil Conservationist, Inc. | Tampa | deleted | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hillsborough 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT FL6290327 | PFPeA: 8.4 ng/L PFOS: 6.9 ng/L PFBS: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| HCPUD/SEABOARD UTILITIES FL6290333 | PFPeA: 8.8 ng/L PFBA: 7.5 ng/L PFOS: 7.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| HCPUD/SOUTH-CENTRAL FL6290787 | PFPeA: 13.7 ng/L PFHxA: 10.8 ng/L PFBA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| HCPUD/PEBBLE CREEK SUBDIVISION FL6291372 | PFPeA: 8.4 ng/L PFOS: 7.1 ng/L PFBS: 6.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE UTILITY FL6291791 | PFOS: 19.5 ng/L PFBS: 12.2 ng/L PFOA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FL6291882 | PFOS: 25 ng/L PFBS: 13 ng/L PFHxS: 12 ng/L | above final limit |
| HAWKINS ROAD CAMP FL6296141 | PFOS: 4.7 ng/L PFPeA: 4.6 ng/L PFBS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| FLORIDA GOVERMENTAL UTILITY AUTHORITY FL6296193 | PFBA: 6.5 ng/L PFPeA: 6 ng/L PFBS: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| HCS/STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH/BAILEY ELEM FL6296333 | PFOS: 16.5 ng/L PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| HCPUD/NORTHWEST UTILITIES FL6290388 | PFPeA: 3.9 ng/L PFHxA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
74 facilities in Hillsborough filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.6M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIROFOCUS TECHNOLOGIES | TAMPA | Lead And Lead Compounds, Barium And Barium Compounds | 2.1M lb |
| MOSAIC FERTILIZER LLC-RIVERVIEW | RIVERVIEW | Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 204k lb |
| GULF MARINE REPAIR CORP | TAMPA | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 71k lb |
| BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORP | TAMPA | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 66k lb |
| US ECOLOGY TAMPA INC | TAMPA | Nitric acid, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 57k lb |
| INTERNATIONAL SHIP REPAIR & MARINE SERVICES INC. | TAMPA | Xylene (mixed isomers), n-Butyl alcohol | 35k lb |
| TAMPA BAY FISHERIES INC | DOVER | Ammonia | 15k lb |
| TAMPA SHIP LLC | TAMPA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Propylene | 15k lb |
| TAMPA STEEL ERECTING CO | TAMPA | Zinc (fume or dust), Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | 13k lb |
| VALMONT - TAMPA GALVANIZING | TAMPA | Zinc compounds | 13k lb |
| BERTRAM YACHTS LLC | TAMPA | Styrene | 11k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - TAMPA FL TERMINAL | TAMPA | n-Hexane, Toluene | 10k lb |
| TAMPA ELECTRIC CO BIG BEND POWER STATION | APOLLO BEACH | Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 9k lb |
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC | PLANT CITY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 7k lb |
| CHEVRON PORT TAMPA TERMINAL | TAMPA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 6k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | TAMPA | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Toluene | 6k lb |
| SUN COATINGS INC | TAMPA | Ethylene glycol, Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| GLOBAL PORT TAMPA TERMINAL | TAMPA | Toluene, n-Hexane | 3k lb |
| LV THOMPSON INC DBA TAMCO | TAMPA | Certain glycol ethers | 3k lb |
| CITGO PETROLEUM CORP | TAMPA | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| CLARIOS LLC | TAMPA | Lead And Lead Compounds | 3k lb |
| CHROMALLOY CASTINGS | TAMPA | Nickel, Chromium | 2k lb |
| ADVANCED AIRFOIL COMPONENTS | GIBSONTON | Nickel, Cobalt | 824 lb |
| KIMBALL ELECTRONICS TAMPA | TAMPA | Lead | 752 lb |
| AIRGAS USA LLC | TAMPA | Propylene | 255 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 2,760 tank facilities in Hillsborough: 1,268 tanks in service and 7,969 closed. 2,828 fuel releases are on record, of which 795 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hillsborough as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Hillsborough, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 1ST RECOVERYTAMPA
- A & H SALESTAMPA
- AAA METAL REFINISHING & CHROMETAMPA
- ALARIC AREA GW PLUMETAMPA
- ARKLA TERRA PROPERTYTHONOTOSASSA
- BAY DRUMTAMPA
- CARMICHAEL DUMPGIBSONTON
- CENTRAL PHOSPHATES, INC.PLANT CITY
- CHANNELSIDE DRIVE SPILLTAMPA
- CHLORIDE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIESTAMPA
- CHLORIDE METALS INCTAMPA
- COMMERCIAL PLASTICS RECYCLING INCTAMPA
- CREEK HAVEN DRIVE MERCURY SPILLRIVERVIEW
- DANMARK SITETAMPA
- DAVE'S CHEMICAL, INCTAMPA
- DEL RAY COURT (GARDEN TERRACE APT) MERCURY RESPONSETAMPA
- DUNCAN AVE BATTERY CASINGSTAMPA
- EAST 23RD BATTERYTAMPA
- ENTREPRENEUR INCTAMPA
- FLORIDA STEEL CORP TAMPA MILL DIVISIONTAMPA
- FMC CORPTAMPA
- FORMER INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL & SUPPLYTAMPA
- FORTY-THIRD STREET BAY DRUM SITETAMPA
- GAO 008 - 56TH STREET TAMPATAMPA
- GAO 108 - 3RD AVENUETAMPA
- HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES (DBA HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY)TAMPA
- HEMLOCK STREET BATTERY SITETAMPA
- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERYTAMPA
- HILLSBOROUGH HEIGHTS LANDFILLSEFFNER
- HONEYWELL INC TAMPA DIVTAMPA
- J & J SIGNSTAMPA
- JERNIGAN TRUCKING DUMPSEFFNER
- JJ SEIFERT MACHINERUSKIN
- KASSAUF-KIMERLING BATTERY DISPOSALTAMPA
- LA SALLE STREET PROPERTYTAMPA
- LUTZ MERCURY SITELUTZ
- MILEY'S RADIATOR SHOPTAMPA
- MORRIS BRIDGE LANDFILLTAMPA
- MRI CORP (TAMPA)TAMPA
- MUSSELMAN PROPERTYTAMPA
- MUSSELMAN STEEL FACILITYTAMPA
- NATIONAL OIL COPLANT CITY
- NITRAM, INCTAMPA
- NORMANDY PARK APARTMENTSTEMPLE TERRACE
- NORTH 40TH STREET BATTERYTAMPA
- NORTHGATE SINKHOLE LANDFILLTAMPA
- PALM RIVER ROAD VOC PLUMETAMPA
- PARK CIRCLE MERCURY SPILLTAMPA
- PEAK OIL CO./BAY DRUM CO.TAMPA
- PLANT CITY LANDFILLPLANT CITY
- PLEASANT GROVE LANDFILLPLEASANT GROVE
- PRB AREAWIDE GROUNDWATER STUDYTAMPA
- RALEIGH STREET DUMPTAMPA
- REDWING CARRIERS, INCTAMPA
- REEVES SOUTHEASTERN GALVANIZING CORP.TAMPA
- RIVER HILLS DR. & 50TH ST. BATTERY DUMPTAMPA
- ROME AVENUE DRUMTAMPA
- SCHUYLKILL METALS CORP.PLANT CITY
- SITKA ST. HG SPILLTAMPA
- SIXTY-SECOND STREET DUMPTAMPA
- SKRYPEK DUMPTAMPA
- SOUTHERN MILL CREEK PRODS CO INCTAMPA
- SOUTHERN SOLVENTS, INC.TAMPA
- STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO (TAMPA)TAMPA
- STILL MEADOW BATTERYVALERICO
- SYDNEY MINE SLUDGE PONDSBRANDON
- TAMPA MUNICIPAL INCINERATORTAMPA
- TAMPA PRINTED CIRCUITS CORPORATIONTAMPA
- TAMPA RECYCLINGTAMPA
- TAYLOR ROAD LANDFILLSEFFNER
- THEOCHEM LABORATORIESTAMPA
- TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMIN TSA AT TAMPA INTL AIRPORT TPATAMPA
- TRI-CITY OIL CONSERVATIONIST, INCTAMPA
- US AIR FORCE (MACDILL AFB)MACDILL AFB
- US DFSP - TAMPATAMPA
- WEEKLY LUMBERTAMPA
- WRB ENTERPRISES INCTAMPA