Spartanburg County, SC
The federal environmental record for Spartanburg County (population 356,698): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
57
TRI facilities
159
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua-Tech Environmental Inc. (Groce Laboratories) | Greer | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
| Elmore Waste Disposal | Greer | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Spartanburg 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WOODRUFF ROEBUCK W/D (4220007) SC4220007 | PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.7 ng/L PFHxA: 4.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
57 facilities in Spartanburg filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 778k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMW MANUFACTURING CO LLC | GREER | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 374k lb |
| CELANESE EMULSIONS ENOREE PLANT | ENOREE | Vinyl acetate, Ethylene | 148k lb |
| AURIGA POLYMERS INC-SPARTANBURG FACILITY | SPARTANBURG | Ethylene glycol, Acetaldehyde | 55k lb |
| AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | DUNCAN | Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 35k lb |
| STARCHEM LLC | WELLFORD | Benzyl chloride, Methanol | 28k lb |
| AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | DUNCAN | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Zinc compounds | 17k lb |
| LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS | SPARTANBURG | Methanol, n-Butyl alcohol | 16k lb |
| PLASMAN SC INC. | GREER | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 13k lb |
| MACK MOLDING | INMAN | Methyl methacrylate | 13k lb |
| MW COMPONENTS - GREER: SPRINGS | GREER | Xylene (mixed isomers), Manganese | 11k lb |
| MILLIKEN CHEMICAL - DEWEY PLANT | INMAN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 10k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | SPARTANBURG | Dichloromethane, Certain glycol ethers | 9k lb |
| PLASTIC OMNIUM AUTO EXTERIORS LLC | GREER | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 8k lb |
| TORAY CMA INC. SC | MOORE | Acrylonitrile, Ammonia | 6k lb |
| SUPERIOR INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS INC | COWPENS | Styrene, Toluene | 5k lb |
| AURIA SPARTANBURG | SPARTANBURG | Diisocyanates | 5k lb |
| 3G MERMET | COWPENS | Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| SIEMENS INDUSTRY INC | ROEBUCK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 4k lb |
| SYNTHOMER USA LLC | ROEBUCK | Styrene, Vinyl acetate | 4k lb |
| DAVE STEEL CO INC | CHESNEE | Manganese, Chromium | 2k lb |
| BASF CORP | SPARTANBURG | Propylene oxide, Ethylene oxide | 2k lb |
| SANTOLUBES MANUFACTURING LLC | SPARTANBURG | Methanol, Chloromethane | 2k lb |
| HIGH PERFORMANCE CONDUCTORS LLC. | INMAN | Copper, Nickel | 2k lb |
| AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 110 HIDDEN LAKE FACILITY | DUNCAN | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| FEHRER AUTOMOTIVE N.A. LLC | DUNCAN | Diisocyanates, Diethanolamine | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,004 tank facilities in Spartanburg: 671 tanks in service and 2,490 closed. 683 fuel releases are on record, of which 159 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARKWRIGHT DUMPSPARTANBURG
- BABB DRUMSLITTLE CHICAGO
- BABB ROAD MERCURY RELEASEINMAN
- BUFF ( C D ) SITESPARTANBURG
- CUSTOM WORKS PLATING & POLISHINGLYMAN
- DUNCAN DRUM BURIAL SITEDUNCAN
- ELMORE WASTE DISPOSALGREER
- FREE RADIATOR SHOPLYMAN
- GAO 148 - PALMETTO WOODRUFFWOODRUFF
- GAO 219 - RIVER FARMWOODRUFF
- INTERNATIONAL MINERALS AND CHEMICALS (IMC)SPARTANBURG
- JACKSON ROAD AREA WELLS SITESPARTANBURG
- LYMAN DYEING AND FINISHINGLYMAN
- LYMAN W ASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTLYMAN
- PRICE HOUSE ROAD VERMICULITE SITEWOODRUFF
- SPARTANBURG MERCURY SPILLSPARTANBURG
- SPARTANBURG TRANSFORMERSSPARTANBURG