Darlington County, SC
The federal environmental record for Darlington County (population 62,416): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
55
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galey and Lord Plant | Society Hill | on the NPL | 03/16/2022 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Darlington 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)
7 facilities in Darlington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 929k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCOR STEEL-DARLINGTON | DARLINGTON | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 460k lb |
| SONOCO PRODUCTS CO | HARTSVILLE | Ammonia, Methanol | 267k lb |
| BARRIER REEF POOLS | TIMMONSVILLE | Styrene | 159k lb |
| STINGRAY BOATS | HARTSVILLE | Styrene | 24k lb |
| FRAZIER INDUSTRIAL CO | LAMAR | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 19k lb |
| CANFOR SOUTHERN PINE-DARLINGTON PLANT | DARLINGTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 11 lb |
| FIBER INDUSTRIES LLC | DARLINGTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 299 tank facilities in Darlington: 162 tanks in service and 713 closed. 177 fuel releases are on record, of which 55 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Darlington 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 Darlington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AGRIUM US INCHARTSVILLE
- GALEY & LORD SOCIETY HILLSOCIETY HILL
- GALEY AND LORD SLUDGE DISPOSAL SITESSOCIETY HILL
- J&H SMITH MANUFACTURING COLAMAR