Pollution in Richland County, South Carolina

Richland County contains 191 EPA-regulated facilities, 5 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 38 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $2.1M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 3.4M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the South Carolina state average of 65 per county.