County page
Cleveland County
Cleveland County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 99 imported facility profiles, and 880,472 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 Cleveland County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 880,472 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
Celanese Corp Shelby Fiber Operations
Celanese Corp Shelby Fiber Operations is in EPA's Superfund layer for Shelby, NC. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Cna Holdings- Celanese Ticona Shelby Plant
Significant noncompliance across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $15,757 in recorded penalties.
Pilot Creek Wwtp
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $25,040 in recorded penalties.
Grover Wwtp
Significant Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,293 in recorded penalties.
Patterson Mill
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,069 in recorded penalties.
Metalsamerica Inc
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kings Mountain Travel Plaza
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $217 in recorded penalties.
Rogers Energy Complex
Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $627 in recorded penalties.
Woodgrain, Inc. - Dba Natures By Woodgrain
Significant noncompliance across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $3,559 in recorded penalties.
Electric Glass Fiber America Llc
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Shelby Feed Mill
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Casar Elementary School Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cleveland County Water
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kings Mountain-small Ms4
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Country Time Inn-treatment_plt_well#1
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Crowder Ridge Mhp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Laws Mhp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Ellison Wtp
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $896 in recorded penalties.
Town of Boiling Springs
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $827 in recorded penalties.
United Parcel Service-shelby
No Violation Identified with $5,300,000 in recorded penalties.
First Broad Wastewater Treatment Plant
Violation Identified across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 270,061 lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 100,061 lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 66,000 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 64,968 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 62,101 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 53,243 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 3 | 52,142 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 3 | 47,123 lbs |
| n-Hexane | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 33,134 lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 28,722 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 7 | 26,112 lbs |
| Methanol | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 16,782 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 15,343 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 13,848 lbs |
| 1-Bromopropane | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 11,302 lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 8,697 lbs |
| Toluene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 6,534 lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 2,600 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 810 lbs |
| Lithium carbonate | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 371 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.