Lancaster County, SC
The federal environmental record for Lancaster County (population 108,215): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
59
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lancaster 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001) SC2910001 | PFPeA: 9.6 ng/L PFHxA: 7.3 ng/L PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
| LANCASTER COUNTY W&SD (2920001) SC2920001 | PFPeA: 7.2 ng/L PFHxA: 6.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Lancaster filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4.9M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCEANAGOLD HAILE GOLD MINE | KERSHAW | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Lead compounds | 4.6M lb |
| 250 - KERSHAW OILSEEDS | KERSHAW | n-Hexane | 256k lb |
| MEYER UTILITY STRUCTURES LLC PLT NO 1665 | LANCASTER | Zinc (fume or dust), Manganese compounds | 43k lb |
| COOLEY INC | LANCASTER | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP), Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 14k lb |
| AKZONOBEL | LANCASTER | Dimethyl phthalate, Toluene | 4k lb |
| DYNO NOBEL INC. | VAN WYCK | Ammonia | 255 lb |
| KLOECKNER METALS | LANCASTER | Manganese | 15 lb |
| SUPREME CORES HOLDINGS LLC | LANCASTER | - | 0 lb |
| BLUEDOT-READI-MIX-521 (PLANT #100) | FORT MILL | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO LLC-LANCASTER | FORT MILL | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 280 tank facilities in Lancaster: 203 tanks in service and 698 closed. 178 fuel releases are on record, of which 59 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lancaster 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 Lancaster, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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