County page
Burke County
Burke County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 94 imported facility profiles, and 38,633 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Burke County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 38,633 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Sgl Carbon, Llc
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $8,287 in recorded penalties.
Valdese Water Recycling
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $14,650 in recorded penalties.
Town of Valdese Wastewater Treatment Plant
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,260 in recorded penalties.
Saft America, Inc.
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Environmental Inks - A Member of the Siegwerk Group
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
American Concrete, Inc.
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Meridian Specialty Yarn Group
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Burke County Garage
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Morganton City-warehouse and Garage
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Morganton City--small Ms4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Town of Rutherford College-small Ms4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Valdese Town--small Ms4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Jonas Ridge Rest Home-treatment_plt_well #2
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
South Mountain Childrens Home-treatment_plt_well #1
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Spartacraft Inc
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sheehan, Michael-residence
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Rhodhiss Town of Henry St
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Valdese, Town of
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Catawba River(morganton) Wwtp
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $67,827 in recorded penalties.
Steel Creek Park
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 21,195 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 11,359 lbs |
| Formaldehyde | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 3,460 lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,472 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 95 lbs |
| Acetonitrile | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 22 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 12 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 5 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 5 lbs |
| Benzo[g, h, i]perylene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 5 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Thiourea | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Antimony compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in North Carolina
North Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in North Carolina
North Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in North Carolina
North Carolina facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.