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Waste Site Reports: South Carolina
NOAA trust species in South Carolina include anadromous species such as Atlantic sturgeon, American eel, blueback herring, American shad, striped bass, and the endangered shortnose sturgeon. Non-anadromous species include flounder, sea trout, and silver perch. Commercially important invertebrates include eastern oyster, hard clam, blue crab, white shrimp, and brown shrimp. Additionally, bottlenose dolphins are present all year in South Carolina's waters.
Military Sites in South Carolina
South Carolina is dotted with 219 military installations and formerly used defense areas. Currently, 15 of these installations are investigated under Superfund (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs. The nature of defense-related activities involves chemicals that are highly toxic and persistent in the environment. In South Carolina, military-related contaminants of concern include VOCs, PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, pesticides, and solvents. NOAA's input is needed now to ensure cleanups that are protective of coastal natural resources as well as human health. NOAA offers technical expertise and a neutral perspective valued by both the military and the local public.
Areas of Special Concern in South Carolina
The NOAA CRC program works to protect and restore natural resources throughout South Carolina. South Carolina's shallow continental platform allows extensive fresh and brackish marshes to occur in estuarine areas. These wetlands support diverse and abundant populations of NOAA trust resources, providing nursery and adult habitat. The Charleston area has several Superfund sites located adjacent to the Cooper and Ashley Rivers. NOAA is currently involved in the ecological risk assessment and cleanup of the former Koppers Wood Treatment facility, Calhoun Park / SCE&G site, and the former Charleston Naval Shipyard.
The Savannah River is also a concern for NOAA since it provides adult habitat, spawning, and nursery grounds for NOAA trust species, particularly the American sturgeon and adult habitat for several commercially important species, such as American shad, striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, and the endangered shortnose sturgeon. The Savannah River Plant site, operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, produces nuclear materials. Site activities are the source of conventional and radioactive contaminants that have potentially contaminated soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments that are eventually transported to the Savannah River. The NOAA CRC program is working with EPA to develop studies to determine the extent of contamination and potential risk to natural resources.
Waste Site Reports
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- SC: Geiger (C&M Oil) (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = SCD980711279
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- SC: Wamchem, Inc. (Reviewed 1984); CERCLIS No. = SCD037405362
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