Manatee County, FL
The federal environmental record for Manatee County (population 441,095): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
9
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
19
TRI facilities
187
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Manatee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BRADENTON CITY OF FL6410182 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFPeA: 8.5 ng/L PFHxA: 6.5 ng/L | detected |
| TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY FL6411098 | PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
19 facilities in Manatee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 174k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| YELLOWFIN YACHTS LLC | SARASOTA | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 41k lb |
| DESIGN CONCEPTS/MARINE CONCEPTS | SARASOTA | Styrene | 38k lb |
| CHRIS CRAFT | SARASOTA | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 37k lb |
| TROPICANA MANUFACTURING CO INC | BRADENTON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 37k lb |
| FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO FPL MANATEE POWER PLANT | PARRISH | Ammonia | 20k lb |
| TRIEST AG GROUP INC. | PALMETTO | Chloropicrin, 1,3-Dichloropropylene | 1k lb |
| HONEYWELL LNG PALMETTO | PALMETTO | Manganese | 10 lb |
| ALLIED NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2 INC PLANT | PALMETTO | Chlorine | 10 lb |
| TSM CHAMP | SARASOTA | Copper | 3 lb |
| PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC FLORIDA DI V | BRADENTON | Chromium, Nickel | 1 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA - ELLENTON RMC PLANT | ELLENTON | Lead | 1 lb |
| PREFERRED-BRADENTON 63RD RM | BRADENTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX PALMETTO | PALMETTO | - | 0 lb |
| MASCHMEYER-PORT MANATEE RM | PALMETTO | Lead | 0 lb |
| BRADENTON BLOCK 9TH ST | BRADENTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| SARASOTA READY MIX PLANT | SARASOTA | Lead | 0 lb |
| MANATEE READY MIX PLANT | PALMETTO | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX 15TH ST. | BRADENTON | - | 0 lb |
| SAFRAN POWER USA LLC | SARASOTA | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 616 tank facilities in Manatee: 302 tanks in service and 1,551 closed. 537 fuel releases are on record, of which 187 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Manatee 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 Manatee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN BERYLLIUM CORPORATIONTALLEVAST
- MANASOTA PLATINGSARASOTA
- NATIONS BANK PROPERTYBRADENTON
- PIER PROPERTY DRUMBRADENTON
- PINEY POINT HRK SITEPALMETTO
- PINEYPOINT PHOSPHORIC PRODUCTS COPALMETTO
- PROSPECT ROAD CATTLE DIP VATSARASOTA
- RIO MERCURY SPILLBRADENTON
- TECO/DNR-PORT MANATEE SITEPORT MANATEE