Greenville County, SC
The federal environmental record for Greenville County (population 558,036): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
29
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
65
TRI facilities
213
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaunit Corp. (Circular Knit & Dye) | Fountain Inn | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Golden Strip Septic Tank Service | Simpsonville | deleted | 07/22/1987 |
| Para-Chem Southern, Inc. | Simpsonville | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Rochester Property | Travelers Rest | deleted | 10/04/1989 |
| US Finishing/Cone Mills | Greenville | on the NPL | 09/16/2011 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Greenville 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)
65 facilities in Greenville filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMF - ROY METAL FINISHING | PIEDMONT | Zinc compounds, Nickel compounds | 314k lb |
| MILLIKEN & CO ENTERPRISE PLANT | MARIETTA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 142k lb |
| SEALED AIR CORP CRYOVAC DIV | SIMPSONVILLE | Ozone, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 109k lb |
| GE (GREENVILLE) GAS TURBINES L.L.C. | GREENVILLE | Nickel, Chromium | 86k lb |
| CYTEC ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC. | PIEDMONT | Acrylonitrile, N,N-Dimethylformamide | 86k lb |
| MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA INC. | GREER | Acetaldehyde, Ethylene glycol | 58k lb |
| VETRORESINA LLC | GREENVILLE | Styrene | 53k lb |
| ROY METAL FINISHING CO INC. | GREENVILLE | Zinc compounds | 41k lb |
| SOUTH ATLANTIC GALVANIZING | TRAVELERS REST | Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 34k lb |
| REFRESCO | GREER | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15k lb |
| DAYSTRONG RUBBER PRODUCTS LLC | MAULDIN | Zinc compounds | 15k lb |
| BOSTIK INC. | PIEDMONT | Vinyl acetate, Methyl methacrylate | 11k lb |
| ROYAL ADHESIVES & SEALANTS LLC | SIMPSONVILLE | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Butyl acrylate | 11k lb |
| NUTRA MANUFACTURING | GREENVILLE | Zinc compounds | 9k lb |
| KEMET A YAGEO CO | SIMPSONVILLE | Ethylene glycol, Methanol | 8k lb |
| KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS | FOUNTAIN INN | Barium And Barium Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 8k lb |
| ROLL TECHNOLOGY CORP | GREENVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 7k lb |
| HENTZEN AEROSPACE | GREENVILLE | Styrene, Toluene | 6k lb |
| MICHELIN NA INC | GREENVILLE | Diethanolamine, Zinc compounds | 6k lb |
| SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC | GREENVILLE | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 4,4'-Diaminodiphenyl ether | 6k lb |
| SWEET STREET DESSERTS | GREENVILLE | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP | GREENVILLE | Antimony compounds, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 4k lb |
| TIARCO CHEMICAL | GREENVILLE | Dichloromethane, Acrylic acid | 4k lb |
| STUEKEN LLC | FOUNTAIN INN | Tetrachloroethylene | 4k lb |
| DIVERSIFIED COATING SYSTEMS INC. | GREENVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 3k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,278 tank facilities in Greenville: 800 tanks in service and 3,206 closed. 891 fuel releases are on record, of which 213 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Greenville as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 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 Greenville, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ADAMS AUTO PARTSGREENVILLE
- ALTAMOUNT RD DRUMSGREENVILLE
- AQUA-TECH ENVIRONMENTAL INC (GROCE LABS)GREER
- BEAUNIT CORP. (CIRCULAR KNIT & DYEING PLANT)FOUNTAIN INN
- BLACKBERRY VALLEY LANDFILLGREENVILLE
- CRG RECYCLINGGREENVILLE
- EMILE AVE DRUMS SITEBEREA COMMUNITY
- GAO 150 - TRAVELERS RESTTRAVELERS REST
- GOFORTH PCB BALLASTLANDRUM
- GOLDEN STRIP SEPTIC TANK SERVICESIMPSONVILLE
- GROCE FARM SITEGOWENSVILLE
- JOHN DEERE CONSUMER PRODUCTSGREER
- KERR WASTE TREATMENT PLTTRAVELERS REST
- NATIONAL GALVANIZING INCTRAVELERS REST
- NEW LIFE CHEMICAL SODIUM HYDROSULFITE LLCGREENVILLE
- PARA-CHEM SOUTHERN, INC.SIMPSONVILLE
- POINSETT HWY SITEGREENVILLE
- POST OFFICE RISIN RELEASEGREENVILLE
- ROCHESTER PROPERTYTRAVELERS REST
- SARRATT PROPERTYGREER
- SPEER LANE DRUM SITETRAVELERS REST
- SUNNYSIDE DUMPGREER
- SWEET GUM VALLEY ROAD SITEGREENVILLE
- TIGERVILLE RD MERCURY SPILLTRAVELERS REST
- U.S. FINISHINGGREENVILLE
- USACE GREENVILLEGREENVILLE
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) GREENVILLEGREENVILLE
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) GREENVILLE - 02GREENVILLE
- WESTGATE MOBILE HOMEGREER