Orangeburg County, SC
The federal environmental record for Orangeburg County (population 82,820): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
6
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
16
TRI facilities
79
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Orangeburg 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ORANGEBURG DPU (3810001) SC3810001 | PFHxA: 4.6 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
16 facilities in Orangeburg filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SI GROUP INC | ORANGEBURG | Ammonia, Dichloromethane | 978k lb |
| HOLCIM (US) INC HOLLY HILL PLANT | HOLLY HILL | Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide | 437k lb |
| OKONITE CO INC | ORANGEBURG | Zinc compounds, Lead compounds | 60k lb |
| DOMINION ENERGY SOUTH CAROLINA INC - COPE STATION | COPE | Barium And Barium Compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 21k lb |
| VALTIR LLC PLT 1478 | ORANGEBURG | Lead, Chromium | 3k lb |
| FLEXTRONICS AMERICA LLC | ORANGEBURG | Certain glycol ethers, Toluene | 2k lb |
| ZEUS CO LLC OSC | ORANGEBURG | Certain glycol ethers | 1k lb |
| CAROLINA POLE INC | EUTAWVILLE | Lead | 38 lb |
| ALUMA-FORM | ORANGEBURG | - | 0 lb |
| LONGLEAF PACKGING | VANCE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| CULPEPER OF ORANGEBURG LLC | ORANGEBURG | - | 0 lb |
| ADAMS AN OLDCASTLE CO - HOLLY HILL | HOLLY HILL | Lead | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - BOWMAN SC PLANT | BOWMAN | Lead | 0 lb |
| ALLIED AIR ENTERPRISES | ORANGEBURG | - | 0 lb |
| STARFLO | ORANGEBURG | - | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - ORANGEBURG | ORANGEBURG | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 408 tank facilities in Orangeburg: 326 tanks in service and 917 closed. 290 fuel releases are on record, of which 79 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FORMER RHOADS CLEANERSORANGEBURG
- GREENWOOD MILLS LINER PLTORANGEBURG
- HUFF BATTERY SALVAGEBOWMAN
- RHOADS CLEANERSORANGEBURG
- TRINITY HIGHWAY PRODUCTS LLCORANGEBURG
- WHETSELL FARM SITEBOWMAN