Barite Hill Nevada Goldfields

⚠ Superfund · Listed on NPL

In September 2020, the EPA issued an Interim Record of Decision for OU-1. EPA began completing Remedial Design (RD) activities for OU-1 year. March 2018, EPA's contractor installed additional groundwater wells and collected groundwater and surface water samples. On April 3, 2018, EPA's contractor began a groundwater dye tracer study.

Location

CityMccormick
CountyMccormick County
StateSouth Carolina
Coordinates33.87309, -82.30067

Contaminants of concern

Contaminated media

Cleanup timeline

  1. Initial Assessment Completed — 12/03/2003
  2. Proposed to the National Priorities List — 09/03/2008
  3. Finalized on the National Priorities List — 04/09/2009
  4. Remedial Investigation Started — 05/18/2009
  5. Remedy Selected — 09/30/2020
  6. Remedial Action Started — Not Yet Achieved
  7. Construction Completed — Not Yet Achieved
  8. Deleted from National Priorities List — Not Yet Achieved
  9. Most Recent Five-Year Review — Not Yet Achieved
  10. Achieved Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Reuse — Not Yet Achieved

EPA references

Understanding this Superfund site

Barite Hill Nevada Goldfields is a federal Superfund site in South Carolina. The Superfund program, created by Congress in 1980, addresses sites where hazardous substances have been released or threaten release into the environment. EPA scores potential sites using the Hazard Ranking System; those that score high enough are placed on the National Priorities List.

Current status: Listed on NPL. This site is on EPA's National Priorities List, which identifies the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. Listing triggers federal cleanup authority and funding under CERCLA (the Superfund law).

EPA has identified 10 contaminants of concern at this site, including aluminum, antimony, arsenic. Contamination has been detected in groundwater, soil, leachate, sludge.

If you live near this site and have health concerns, your state health department can provide site-specific guidance. EPA maintains a community involvement program for most NPL sites, and site documents — including the Record of Decision, five-year reviews, and public health assessments — are typically available through EPA's Superfund site profile.