EPA Superfund Site

CLEARWATER FINISHING

SC | EPA ID SCD003303120

About this site’s exposure pathways: As of September 2024, the Clearwater Finishing Superfund site is considered “Insufficient Data to make a Human Exposure evaluation” (HEID). Clearwater Finishing was recently finalized on the National Priorities List (NPL) on 3 September 2020 and there has not yet been an evaluation of the human health exposure risks.

EPA uses this Human Exposure status when there is insufficient data/evidence to determine whether actual or reasonably anticipated human exposures are occurring, and/or whether those exposures are above acceptable risk-based levels. The planned activities to collect sufficient information to make a human exposure evaluation began with the January 2022 start of the Remedial Investigation (RI) to collect data on the soil, sediments and groundwater so that a determination can be made on all actual and potential human interactions with contaminated media through a Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA). EPA currently anticipates that there will be sufficient data to make a Human Exposure determination by December 2026 because the RI/Feasibility Study (FS), including the HHRA, should be completed by that date.