Chesterfield County, SC
The federal environmental record for Chesterfield County (population 44,031): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Gold Mine | Jefferson | on the NPL | 04/27/2005 |
| Burlington Industries Cheraw | Cheraw | on the NPL | 05/17/2018 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chesterfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHERAW TOWN OF (1310001) SC1310001 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L PFPeA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Chesterfield filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 325k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AALBERTS INTEGRATED PIPING SYSTEMS AMERICAS | PAGELAND | Copper, Lead | 155k lb |
| CROWN BEVERAGE PACKAGING | CHERAW | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 88k lb |
| SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA INC - PLANT I | CHERAW | Chromium, Manganese | 27k lb |
| AALBERTS INTEGRATED PIPING SYSTEMS AMERICAS | PAGELAND | Copper, Lead | 23k lb |
| A O SMITH WATER PRODUCTS CO | MC BEE | Manganese compounds, Copper | 15k lb |
| TALLEY METALS TECHNOLOGY | MC BEE | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 13k lb |
| SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA INC - PLANT I I | CHERAW | Manganese | 3k lb |
| OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDEN | PAGELAND | - | 0 lb |
| DOMAN TUCKER LUMBER COS LLC | PAGELAND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 234 tank facilities in Chesterfield: 145 tanks in service and 537 closed. 104 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BREWER GOLD MINEJEFFERSON
- BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES CHERAWCHERAW
- CASH LANDFILLCHERAW
- CHERAW FLOOD SITECHERAW
- MCBEE HIGH SCHOOL MERCURY RESPONSEMCBEE
- PAGELAND SCREEN PRINTERS INCPAGELAND
- WILSON BRANCH FLOODINGCHERAW