Pollution in Aiken County, South Carolina

Aiken County contains 143 EPA-regulated facilities, 1 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 20 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $878.5k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 252.5k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the South Carolina state average of 65 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities20reporters
EPA Facilities143regulated
Sig. Violators1current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Clearwater FinishingBeech IslandListed on NPL

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Cci-Gsf Llc (Graniteville Speciality Fabrics)Graniteville85.7kCompliant
Us Doe Savannah River SiteAiken73.0kCompliant
Owens CorningAiken37.0kCompliant
Agy LlcAiken19.1kCompliant
Hubbell Power Systems IncAiken13.0kPenalties
Zeus Company Inc AscAiken7.0kCompliant
Halocarbon Prods CorpNorth Augusta6.1kCompliant
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations AikenGraniteville5.1kCompliant
Surface Specialties IncorporatedNorth Augusta2.7kCompliant
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Llc Aiken Off Rd PlantTrenton2.5kCompliant
Ucb Chemicals Corporation Bioproducts LaboratoryN Augusta725Penalties
Cytec Surface SpecialtiesLangley642Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Wagener Town OfWagener$1.4k2025-06-11