Pollution in Berkeley County, South Carolina

Berkeley County contains 161 EPA-regulated facilities, 7 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 27 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $1.2M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 3.3M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the South Carolina state average of 65 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities27reporters
EPA Facilities161regulated
Sig. Violators7current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
CrossPineville1.6MPenalties
Alumax Of South Carolina IncGoose Creek552.1kSig. violation
Dcl Corp (Bp) LlcGoose Creek437.6kPenalties
WilliamsGoose Creek157.2kPenalties
Bp Amoco Chemical Co - Cooper River PlantWando127.5kCompliant
Freeman Boatworks LlcMoncks Corner94.2kPenalties
Sea Fox Boat CompanyMoncks Corner83.8kCompliant
C R Bard IncMoncks Corner60.0kCompliant
Symrise, Inc. - Bushy ParkGoose Creek58.1kSig. violation
Nucor Steel - Berkeley FacilityHuger55.7kPenalties
Charleston Naval Weapons Station - Suite 100Goose Creek18.0kCompliant
Zeb MetalsMoncks Corner13.4kCompliant
Bayer Corporation, Bushy Park PlantGoose Creek2.9kCompliant
Jw Aluminum CompanyGoose Creek532Penalties
Chromascape, Llc.Goose Creek257Sig. violation
Concrete Pipe & Precast LlcSummerville118Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Alumax Of South Carolina IncGoose Creek$413.5k2024-09-12
Action Services Inc Hulett Fish Pond MineCross$10.0k
Cumbie ChevroletMoncks Corner$02021-07-19
Symrise, Inc. - Bushy ParkGoose Creek$02025-07-17
Hanahan Water Treatment PlantHanahan$02025-03-14
Chromascape, Llc.Goose Creek$02025-08-27
Dh Hankins Caroline MineSt Stephens$02018-09-19