Chester County, SC
The federal environmental record for Chester County (population 32,226): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
39
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolawn, Inc. | Fort Lawn | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chester 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHESTER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (1220002) SC1220002 | PFPeA: 8.9 ng/L PFHxA: 8.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Chester filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 308k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLVAC RICHBURG PLANT | RICHBURG | Chromium, Nickel | 176k lb |
| BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS-CHESTER PLYWOOD | CHESTER | Methanol, Phenol | 85k lb |
| BUILDING MATERIALS MANUFACTURING LLC | CHESTER | Formaldehyde | 19k lb |
| ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS | CHESTER | Methyl methacrylate, Vinyl acetate | 11k lb |
| GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES LLC | RICHBURG | Ammonia, Lead And Lead Compounds | 7k lb |
| SYNTHOMER INC. | CHESTER | Zinc compounds, Vinyl acetate | 5k lb |
| COATEX INC | CHESTER | Ethyl acrylate, Acrylic acid | 2k lb |
| CHEMTRADE PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS US LLC | CARLISLE | Zinc compounds, Lead | 2k lb |
| GITI TIRE MANUFACTURING CO (USA) LTD | RICHBURG | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| JONES-HAMILTON CO. | RICHBURG | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 176 lb |
| SHUGART MANUFACTURING | CHESTER | Lead | 45 lb |
| SWS CONCRETE-RICHBURG PLANT | RICHBURG | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| CHESTER ENGINEERED WOOD | CHESTER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 179 tank facilities in Chester: 114 tanks in service and 419 closed. 112 fuel releases are on record, of which 39 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chester 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 Chester, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BENNETT LANDFILL FIRECHESTER
- CAROLAWN, INC.FORT LAWN
- CAROLINA POLY INCCHESTER
- CHESTER SANITARY LANDFILLCHESTER
- GLENN'S TRAPP DYNAMITEGREAT FALLS