Pickens County, SC
The federal environmental record for Pickens County (population 135,495): 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
3
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamo Weston, Inc./Twelve-Mile Creek/Lake Hartwell PCB Contamination | Pickens | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pickens 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL TOWN OF (3910005) SC3910005 | PFBS: 4.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| CLEMSON CITY OF (SC3910004) SC3910004 | PFBS: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
| CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (SC3910006) SC3910006 | PFBS: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Pickens filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 156k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASF CORPORATION/CLEMSON SITE | CENTRAL | Formic acid, Ethylene glycol | 60k lb |
| ORTEC INC | EASLEY | Diisocyanates, Ammonia | 27k lb |
| RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO | LIBERTY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 26k lb |
| WILBERT PLASTIC SERVICES | EASLEY | Toluene | 20k lb |
| IMPERIAL DIE CASTING | LIBERTY | Nickel, Copper | 14k lb |
| CORNELL DUBILIER MARKETING INC. | LIBERTY | Ethylene glycol, N,N-Dimethylformamide | 10k lb |
| PALMETTO PLATING CO INC | EASLEY | Nitric acid | 390 lb |
| ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIV. INC. | LIBERTY | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate | 6 lb |
| DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS (US) CO | EASLEY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 359 tank facilities in Pickens: 222 tanks in service and 833 closed. 169 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pickens 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 Pickens, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LIBERTY TRAIN DERAILMENTLIBERTY
- MOHAWK CARPET-LIBCO MILLLIBERTY
- SANGAMO WESTON, INC./TWELVE-MILE CREEK/LAKE HARTWELL PCB CONTAMINATIONPICKENS