County page
Chester County
Chester County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 61 imported facility profiles, and 129,425 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Chester County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 129,425 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Carolawn Inc
Carolawn Inc is in EPA's Superfund layer for Fort Lawn, SC. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Boise Cascade Wood Products Llc Chester Plywood
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $20,000 in recorded penalties.
Mclean Contracting Company - Shugart
Significant noncompliance across 9 of the last 12 quarters, with $12,213 in recorded penalties.
Chester Metro Filter Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Chester Sandy River Waste Water Treatment Facility
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Guardian Industries
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,000 in recorded penalties.
Synthomer Inc.
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $12,050 in recorded penalties.
Great Falls Wwtf
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Luck Stone Corporation/chester Quarry
Significant Violation across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Chester Lando-manetta Plant
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,800 in recorded penalties.
Chester Rocky Creek Wwtp
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cedar Creek
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Duke Energy Dearborn Hydro Sta
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Duke Energy Fishing Creek Hydro Sta
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Great Falls (sc)
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
First Cut Design & Fabrication Inc
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $9,900 in recorded penalties.
Building Materials Manufacturing Corp
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-09-11.
Specialty Polymers Inc
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-03-17.
Coatex & Polacryl
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2024-10-22.
Chemtrade Performance Chemicals Us Llc Leeds Site
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2024-05-20.
Ati Specialty Materials Richburg Operations
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2024-07-31.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 73,437 lbs |
| Formaldehyde | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 23,590 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7,461 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 7,325 lbs |
| Vinyl acetate | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 5,659 lbs |
| Methyl methacrylate | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 4,583 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 2,024 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 1,266 lbs |
| Butyl acrylate | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 1,031 lbs |
| Acrylic acid | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 1,005 lbs |
| Ethyl acrylate | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1,000 lbs |
| Methyl acrylate | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 623 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 176 lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 112 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 56 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 45 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 3 | 23 lbs |
| N-Methylolacrylamide | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 6 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 2 lbs |
| Diisocyanates | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in South Carolina
South Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in South Carolina
South Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in South Carolina
South Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.