EPA-regulated facilities near North Charleston, SC
There are 905 EPA-regulated facilities within 5 miles of North Charleston, South Carolina. The most common kinds are water discharge (500), hazardous waste (352), air emissions (108). 1 is currently in significant noncompliance, the EPA's designation for the most serious or persistent violations, and 6 have a violation on record. Penalties over the last five years total $135k across 6 sites.
By category
| Category | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 352 |
| Treatment, storage or disposal | 1 |
| Large quantity generators | 9 |
| Small quantity generators | 194 |
| Chemical (RMP/TRI) | 42 |
| Superfund | 6 |
| Air emissions | 108 |
| Major sources | 5 |
| Synthetic minor sources | 13 |
| Minor sources | 38 |
| Water discharge | 500 |
| Major permits | 1 |
| Minor permits | 420 |
| Drinking water systems | 6 |
| Greenhouse gas reporters | 1 |
| Data centers | 1 |
| Scrap yards | 3 |
A facility enrolled in several programs counts once in the total and once in each of its categories.
In significant noncompliance
The EPA's designation for its most serious or persistent violations, as of the latest data.
- HANAHAN WATER TREATMENT PLANT Significant noncompliance
Largest penalties
Penalties assessed over the last five years.
- MERCEDES-BENZ VANS LLC $103k in penalties
- MIDDLETON INN $14k in penalties
- DORCHESTER CO LOWER DORCHESTER WWTP $7k in penalties
- MAACO COLLISION REPAIR AND AUTO PAINTING $4k in penalties
- SANDERS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION:#2 $4k in penalties
Superfund sites
- JOINT BASE CHARLESTON AIR BASE
- USPS N. CHARLESTON P.O.
- CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VOR
- STOLLER CHEMICAL CO. - CHARLESTON
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) FETTERESSA
- DEFENSE FUELS CHARLESTON
Data centers
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Reading these numbers
These are regulatory records, not measurements of pollution. Most facilities appear because they hold a permit or file reports, and most of them are compliant; a listing is not a claim that a facility has polluted anything. Compliance status and penalties are the EPA's own determinations in data retrieved Oct 9, 2026. Distances are from the center of North Charleston as the Census Bureau records it. The Data page explains where each record comes from and how it can mislead.