Palm Beach County, FL
The federal environmental record for Palm Beach County (population 1,533,801): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
19
federal cleanup sites
12
PFAS-detecting water systems
26
TRI facilities
556
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMI-Textron | Lake Park | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
| Trans Circuits, Inc. | Lake Park | on the NPL | 02/04/2000 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Palm Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIS, CITY OF FL4500068 | PFOS: 20.3 ng/L PFOA: 6.4 ng/L PFPeA: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| BOCA RATON WTP FL4500130 | PFOS: 7.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| BOYNTON BEACH PWS FL4500145 | PFOS: 26 ng/L PFOA: 8.7 ng/L PFPeA: 8.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| DELRAY BEACH PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM FL4500351 | PFOS: 28.7 ng/L PFOA: 14.2 ng/L PFPeA: 12.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE WORTH BEACH UTILITIES FL4500773 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFHxS: 6.1 ng/L PFPeA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| LANTANA WATER TREATMENT PLANT FL4500784 | PFOS: 35.7 ng/L PFPeA: 12.5 ng/L PFOA: 11.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| PALM SPRINGS, VILLAGE OF FL4501058 | PFOS: 39 ng/L PFBS: 16 ng/L PFOA: 16 ng/L | above final limit |
| RIVIERA BEACH UTILITY DISTRICT, CITY OF FL4501229 | PFOS: 31 ng/L PFOA: 14 ng/L PFHxS: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| TEQUESTA PWS, VILLAGE OF FL4501438 | 6:2 FTS: 14 ng/L PFOS: 11 ng/L PFOA: 7.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER UTILITIES FL4504393 | PFOS: 20 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 13 ng/L PFOA: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
| SEMINOLE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FL4504903 | PFOS: 11 ng/L PFPeA: 6.6 ng/L PFBA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST PALM BEACH WTP FL4501559 | PFBA: 11.1 ng/L PFPeA: 7.1 ng/L PFHxA: 5.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
26 facilities in Palm Beach filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 945k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT-WEST COUNTY ENERGY CENTER PLANT | LOXAHATCHEE | Ammonia, Chlorine dioxide | 496k lb |
| FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO RIVIERA BEACH ENERGY CENTER | RIVIERA BEACH | Ammonia | 151k lb |
| OKEELANTA CORP | SOUTH BAY | Atrazine, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 140k lb |
| SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA | BELLE GLADE | Methanol, Naphthalene | 122k lb |
| STS REFILL TECHNOLOGY LLC DBA STS INKS | BOCA RATON | Certain glycol ethers | 20k lb |
| PURECOAT INTERNATIONAL LLC | WEST PALM BEACH | Nitric acid | 10k lb |
| CLASSIC CULTURED MARBLE INC. | RIVIERA BEACH | Styrene | 2k lb |
| NHS U.S. LLC | BOCA RATON | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| POWER SYSTEMS MFG LLC | JUPITER | Nickel, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 630 lb |
| TOM G SMITH MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT & LAKE WORTH WTP | LAKE WORTH | Ammonia | 604 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS BOYNTON BEACH (BOY) | BOYNTON BEACH | Ethylene glycol | 2 lb |
| MASCHMEYER-PIKE RM | WEST PALM BEACH | Lead | 1 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA-WEST PALM BEACH RMC PLANT | WEST PALM BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| MASCHMEYER-LAKEPARK RM | WEST PALM BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX LAKE PARK | LAKE PARK | - | 0 lb |
| OZINGA SOUTH FLORIDA INC. - RIVIERA BEACH PLANT 440 | RIVIERA BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| PORT CONSOLIDATED INC. | WEST PALM BEACH | - | 0 lb |
| GREENCHEM INDUSTRIES LLC | WEST PALM BEACH | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX WEST PALM BEACH | WEST PALM BEACH | - | 0 lb |
| COASTAL AN OLDCASTLE CO | WEST PALM BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX STATE ROAD 80 | WEST PALM BEACH | - | 0 lb |
| SUGAR SUPPLY INC. | BELLE GLADE | - | 0 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA-DELRAY BEACH RMC PLANT | DELRAY BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX RIVIERA BEACH | RIVIERA BEACH | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX DELRAY BEACH | DELRAY BEACH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 2,347 tank facilities in Palm Beach: 1,337 tanks in service and 6,158 closed. 2,335 fuel releases are on record, of which 556 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 1ST STREET MERCURYWEST PALM BEACH
- AGRICULTURAL INSECTICIDE COMPANYBELLE GLADE
- BELLE GLADE MERCURY SPILLBELLE GLADE
- BELLE GLADE STATE AIRPORTBELLE GLADE
- BMI-TEXTRONLAKE PARK
- BOYNTON BEACH LANDFILLBOYNTON BEACH
- CHEMSPRAY INCPAHOKEE
- DELRAY BEACH MERCURY SPILLDELRAY BEACH
- DELRAY CHEMICAL COMPANY - ATLANTIC AVENUEDELRAY BEACH
- LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEBOYNTON BEACH
- MEPCO/CENTRALABJUPITER
- NORTHERN TELECOM ELECTRONICS, INC.WEST PALM BEACH
- OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD YARD TRASH SITEWEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES GOLF COURSEWEST PALM BEACH
- PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT/UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.JUPITER
- SUN CLEANERSWEST PALM BEACH
- TRANS CIRCUITS, INC.LAKE PARK
- U. S. NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTERWEST PALM BEACH
- W. PALM BEACH GASIFICATION PLANTWEST PALM BEACH