Pollution in Florence County, South Carolina

Florence County contains 105 EPA-regulated facilities, 4 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 18 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $6.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 1.1M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the South Carolina state average of 65 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities18reporters
EPA Facilities105regulated
Sig. Violators4current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Westrock Cp, Llc - Florence MillFlorence965.5kPenalties
Charles Ingram Lumber Co IncEffingham65.7kCompliant
Nan Ya Plastics CorpsLake City59.0kCompliant
Nucor Corp Vulcraft DivFlorence29.4kCompliant
Roche Carolina IncorporatedFlorence12.9kCompliant
SteelfabFlorence3.6kCompliant
Koppers Industries IncorporatedFlorence3.3kCompliant
Patheon West Florence (Was Irix Pharmaceuticals)Florence639Compliant
General Electric Healthcare Manufacturing LlcFlorence25Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Commander Operator, LlcFlorence$17.0k2025-08-27
Johnson Controls Battery Group IncFlorence$6.6k2024-06-18
Effingham Pellets LlcEffingham$02025-03-14
Pamplico Town OfPamplico$02025-04-07