Laurens County, SC
The federal environmental record for Laurens County (population 68,873): 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
6
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
51
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Laurens 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLINTON CITY OF (3010002) SC3010002 | PFPeA: 39.9 ng/L PFHxA: 32.9 ng/L PFBS: 15.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAURENS COUNTY W&S COMM (SC3020001) SC3020001 | HFPO-DA: 95.8 ng/L PFPeA: 23.7 ng/L PFHxA: 19.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAURENS CPW (3010001) SC3010001 | PFBS: 4.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Laurens filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 170k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST FRASER US EWP LLC- JOANNA | KINARDS | Propionaldehyde, Acetaldehyde | 105k lb |
| SOUTH ATLANTIC GALVANIZING | LAURENS | Zinc compounds, Lead | 46k lb |
| CCL LABEL INC | CLINTON | Toluene, Methanol | 6k lb |
| TEKNOR APEX - CAROLINA CO | FOUNTAIN INN | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| ASCENT CHEMICALS | FOUNTAIN INN | 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate | 4k lb |
| NUCOR INSULATED PANEL GROUP | LAURENS | Diisocyanates | 3k lb |
| COBB-VANTRESS INC - KINARDS SC | KINARDS | Formaldehyde | 1k lb |
| BRAWO USA INC. | LAURENS | Copper | 20 lb |
| CERAMTEC NA INNOVATIVE CERAMIC ENGINEERING CORP. | LAURENS | Lead | 8 lb |
| ZF TRANSMISSIONS GRAY COURT | GRAY COURT | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE FOUNTAIN INN | FOUNTAIN INN | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 291 tank facilities in Laurens: 180 tanks in service and 668 closed. 177 fuel releases are on record, of which 51 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Laurens as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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 Laurens, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLINTON LANDFILLCLINTON
- CLINTON TRANSFORMER SITECLINTON
- CMI INDUSTRIES NUMBER 1&2 PLANTSCLINTON
- GAO 091 - PATTERSON PLANTENOREE
- HOUSTON PROPERTYGRAY COURT
- WARE SHOALS FLY ASH DUMPWARE SHOALS