Allendale County, SC
The federal environmental record for Allendale County (population 7,369): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Chemical Co. Landfill | Fairfax | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Allendale reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Allendale filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 121k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHROMA US INC | MARTIN | Ammonia, Sodium nitrite | 51k lb |
| WEST FRASER EWP - ALLENDALE | FAIRFAX | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 40k lb |
| COLLUMS LUMBER MILL INC. | ALLENDALE | Methanol | 29k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 75 tank facilities in Allendale: 35 tanks in service and 190 closed. 58 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Allendale 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 Allendale, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HELENA CHEMICAL CO. LANDFILLFAIRFAX
- MARTIN DERAILMENTMARTIN
- SANDOZ INC/SANDOZ COLORS & CHEMSMARTIN
- US STEEL AGRICHEM/OLD BLUE CHEMICALFAIRFAX