Pollution & Cleanup
Lead with the caveat that matters: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check. A Superfund site somewhere in Florida doesn't tell you whether a specific home is affected. Florida's cleanup history reflects a mix of older industrial and agricultural-chemical activity along with a substantial military presence — patterns visible statewide rather than statements about any single neighborhood. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) serves as the state-side partner to the EPA's federal program. Read the list below to understand what the public records show across the state, and treat a focused address-level review as the calm next step worth reviewing for a particular property.
For contaminated-site cleanup, Florida's state-side partner to the EPA is the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Alongside the federal Superfund (NPL) program, FDEP co-manages remediation and typically runs state-level site-cleanup and waste programs for properties that don't reach the federal list. On PFAS at contaminated sites, Florida tends to work within the federal framework while applying its own cleanup target levels. The word Superfund can land heavily, but the point here is orientation: a named state office is tracking this work.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Homestead Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Jacksonville Naval Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Pensacola Naval Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Tyndall Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Usn Air Station Cecil Field | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Whiting Field Naval Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Florida address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
A statewide Superfund list is a way to get oriented, not a ruling on any one home — and FDEP's remediation role is part of why these sites are documented and watched. Four things sharpen the read. Distance comes first, since proximity matters far more than simply sharing a state. Then the contamination type and how it might move through soil, air, or groundwater. Then the cleanup stage, as many listed sites are well into active remediation. And finally, where a given home actually sources its water — a real question in a state with so many private wells. Superfund's paperwork — CERCLA, NPL, SEMS — is its own dialect, so a little translating is fair game. If Florida's PFAS-confirmed list shows nothing, note it, but it isn't a full all-clear: it reflects confirmed PFAS only, while FDEP's broader site inventory and the EPA's SEMS records may still track other concerns.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Florida. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
Superfund (NPL) sites are federal and run by the EPA, with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as the state-side partner. FDEP co-manages cleanup and runs its own waste-cleanup and site-remediation programs for contaminated properties that fall below the federal list.
The list below reflects EPA National Priorities List sites recorded statewide for Florida. It's a statewide screening view rather than an address check — a site somewhere in the state doesn't mean a specific home is affected. FDEP and the EPA maintain the underlying records.
A Superfund site is a contaminated location the EPA addresses under the federal CERCLA program, with the most serious added to the National Priorities List (NPL). In Florida, the EPA and FDEP jointly track and manage that cleanup work.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 6 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in Florida, including Homestead Air Force Base, Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Pensacola Naval Air Station. EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Florida address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.