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Tower Chemical Co.

This site is currently on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List and remains under federal cleanup oversight. Most-cited contaminant of concern: 2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)Ethanol.

14151 County R. 455 (MONTVERDE RD), Clermont, Florida · ZIP 34711 · EPA ID FLD004065546

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CLEANUP TIMELINE

Listing-date and cleanup-phase enrichment from EPA's per-site SEMS profile is queued for a follow-up ingest pass. Until then, this section will populate from EPA's published timeline data.

Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

No notable signals at this Superfund site for the current ingest. Cleanup-phase and SEMS-action flags are deferred to a follow-up engineering pass.

Contaminants of concern · per EPA SEMS

What's In This Site

Each row pairs a contaminant with the medium it was found in (the exposure pathway). Hover any named contaminant for an agency-cited health-risk summary. Cited count = number of SEMS decision records (RODs and related) that name the pair.

ContaminantPathwayCited
2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)EthanolGroundwater2
2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)EthanolSoil2
Alpha-HexachlorocyclohexaneHealth riskLindane. IARC Group 1 carcinogen (added 2015); banned for agricultural use in the US in 2007. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater2
Alpha-HexachlorocyclohexaneHealth riskLindane. IARC Group 1 carcinogen (added 2015); banned for agricultural use in the US in 2007. (IARC, EPA)Soil2
ArsenicHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen via inhalation and ingestion. EPA MCL 10 µg/L; chronic exposure causes skin, lung, bladder cancer and cardiovascular disease. (IARC, EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater2
ArsenicHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen via inhalation and ingestion. EPA MCL 10 µg/L; chronic exposure causes skin, lung, bladder cancer and cardiovascular disease. (IARC, EPA, ATSDR)Soil2
ChlorobenzilateGroundwater2
ChlorobenzilateSoil2
ChloroformGroundwater2
ChromiumHealth riskHexavalent chromium (Cr-VI) is an IARC Group 1 carcinogen via inhalation, causing lung cancer; trivalent chromium is far less toxic. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater2
ChromiumHealth riskHexavalent chromium (Cr-VI) is an IARC Group 1 carcinogen via inhalation, causing lung cancer; trivalent chromium is far less toxic. (IARC, EPA)Soil2
CopperHealth riskInhaled copper fumes cause metal-fume fever; chronic ingestion above EPA's 1.3 mg/L action level damages the liver. (EPA)Groundwater2
LeadHealth riskNeurotoxin. Even low childhood exposure impairs cognitive development; chronic adult exposure damages kidneys and the cardiovascular system. (EPA, ATSDR)Soil2
NickelHealth riskNickel compounds are IARC Group 1 carcinogens; inhalation exposure raises lung and nasal cancer risk. (IARC)Groundwater2
P,P'-DddHealth riskIARC Group 2A probable carcinogen; persistent bioaccumulator; banned in the US in 1972 but residues persist in soil and sediment. (IARC, EPA)Soil2
P,P'-DdeHealth riskIARC Group 2A probable carcinogen; persistent bioaccumulator; banned in the US in 1972 but residues persist in soil and sediment. (IARC, EPA)Soil2
P,P'-DdtHealth riskIARC Group 2A probable carcinogen; persistent bioaccumulator; banned in the US in 1972 but residues persist in soil and sediment. (IARC, EPA)Soil2
1,2,3-TrimethylbenzeneGroundwater1
1,2,4-TrimethylbenzeneHealth riskEye, skin, and respiratory irritant; high exposure causes nervous-system effects. (ATSDR)Groundwater1
1,3,5-TrimethylbenzeneGroundwater1
1,4-DichlorobenzeneHealth riskIARC Group 2B possible carcinogen; common in mothballs and air fresheners. EPA MCL 75 µg/L. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)EthanolSurface Water1
2-MethylnaphthaleneGroundwater1
3-Methylphenol (M-Cresol)Groundwater1
4-Methylphenol (P-Cresol)Groundwater1
AcetoneHealth riskLow chronic toxicity; high acute exposure causes CNS depression and respiratory irritation. (EPA, NIOSH)Groundwater1
AluminumHealth riskInhaled aluminum fumes can cause lung scarring (aluminosis); high cumulative exposure has been linked to neurological effects. (NIOSH)Groundwater1
AluminumHealth riskInhaled aluminum fumes can cause lung scarring (aluminosis); high cumulative exposure has been linked to neurological effects. (NIOSH)Soil1
BenzeneHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen. Long-term inhalation causes leukemia and bone-marrow disorders. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
BenzeneHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen. Long-term inhalation causes leukemia and bone-marrow disorders. (IARC, EPA)Soil1

Showing the top 30 pairs by SEMS citation count. 48 additional (contaminant, pathway) pairs are recorded for this site.

Drinking-water linkage · SDWIS

Groundwater Systems Serving Communities Within 3 Miles

The 9 systems below draw on groundwater (or mixed sources) and serve communities whose centroid sits within 3 miles of this site. Distance is to the served-city centroid — SDWIS does not expose individual wellhead locations, so this is a proximity screen, not a wellhead-impact assessment.

Water systemServesDistancePopulation servedSourceStatus
Clermont, City Of (2 Wps) MunicipalClermont2.5 mi10,048GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Clermont East Water System (2 Wps) MunicipalClermont2.5 mi39,279GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Southlake Utilities PrivateClermont2.5 mi9,950GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Big Oaks Mobile Home Park PrivateClermont2.5 mi125GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Outdoor Resorts PrivateClermont2.5 mi1,500GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Oakland Town Of MunicipalOakland2.9 mi6,202GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Youth With A Mission (2Wps) PrivateMontverde3.0 mi120GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Montverde Mobile Home Sd PrivateMontverde3.0 mi800GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Montverde Water Department (2Wps) MunicipalMontverde3.0 mi1,198GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED

Methodology: served-city centroid (TIGER 2020) is used as the PWS coordinate. Source-water classification from SDWIS primary_source_code; only groundwater and mixed-source systems are queried. Click any system above for its full SDWIS profile.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Near This Site

Within 1 mile of this site (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 4,369. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
22.2%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
42.0%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.7%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
10.5%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 1-mile buffer around this site (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). NPL site proximity contributes to the national EJ pattern; indicator-level percentile and disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page.

Source. EPA Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) · retrieved 2026-05-07. SEMS is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. We report EPA's published Superfund record — site listing, status, and contaminants of concern as named in EPA's decision documents. We do not perform site visits, independent air or water sampling, or current-state health-risk assessment. NPL listing reflects EPA's Hazard Ranking Score at a point in time; it does not by itself describe present-day exposure.