County page
Caldwell County
Caldwell County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 99 imported facility profiles, and 156,878 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 Caldwell County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 156,878 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
Rpm Wood Finishes Group, Inc.
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lower Creek Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,527 in recorded penalties.
Fairfield Chair Company Plant #2
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
A1 Scrap Metal - Granite Falls
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Baton Elementary School
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $379 in recorded penalties.
Gunpowder Creek Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kings Creek Elementary School
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lapaz Group Llc
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Lenoir City - Small Ms4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Patterson School-treatment_plt_well #2&1
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
United Parcel Service-lenoir
No Violation Identified with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
Shurtape Technologies, Inc. - Plant No. 24
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-05-16.
Bethel Colony Women's Campus Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Green Mountain Park-treatment_plt_well #4
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Teijin Automotive Technologies Nc Composites, Llc
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-04-16.
Neptco Incorporated
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-03-28.
Commercial Lighting Services
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Foothills Environmental
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Granite Falls Wtp
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Rhodhiss, Town of
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 132,252 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 16,393 lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 2,698 lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,201 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 819 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 772 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 754 lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 552 lbs |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 282 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 154 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 3 | 0 lbs |
| Lead compounds | 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.