Pollution in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County contains 399 EPA-regulated facilities, 4 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 68 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $23.3M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 221.1k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the North Carolina state average of 72 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities68reporters
EPA Facilities399regulated
Sig. Violators4current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Ram Leather Care SiteCharlotteCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Snyder's-Lance, Inc.Charlotte130.3kCompliant
Mallard Creek Polymers, LlcCharlotte43.9kPenalties
Americh CorporationCharlotte21.3kCompliant
Ameristeel CorporationCharlotte4.4kCompliant
Brenntag Southeast, Inc.Charlotte4.1kSig. violation
Ashland Chemical CoCharlotte3.6kCompliant
Commercial Merchandising CorporationCharlotte2.0kCompliant
Siemens Westinghouse Power CorporationCharlotte1.7kCompliant
Quantum Coatings IncCharlotte1.5kCompliant
Kurz Transfer Products. L.p. HuntersvilleHuntersville1.5kCompliant
Global Companies Llc - Charlotte South TerminalCharlotte1.4kCompliant
Blanchard Charlotte Terminal EastCharlotte925Compliant
Airgas National WeldersCharlotte750Compliant
Kurz Transfer Products, L.p.Charlotte721Compliant
Alfe Heat Treating - North Carolina IncCharlotte711Compliant
Sterigenics Us Llc- CharlotteCharlotte662Compliant
Steelfab IncCharlotte562Compliant
Exopack Advanced CoatingsMatthews442Penalties
Jim Myers & Sons IncCharlotte201Compliant
Colonial Chemical Solutions, Inc.Pineville198Compliant
Valspar CoatingsCharlotte62Compliant
Veritiv Operating Company - Nc310Charlotte54Compliant
Inx International Ink CompanyCharlotte42Compliant
Emerald Carolina Chemical, LlcCharlotte15Penalties
Itw Ccna Pna Construction TechnologiesCharlotte15Compliant
Harper Corporation Of AmericaCharlotte10Compliant
Concrete Supply (North)Charlotte8Compliant
Southwire Huntersville PlantHuntersville6Compliant
Concrete Supply Company South PlantCharlotte5Compliant
Controls Southeast, IncPineville3Compliant
Safety Kleen Systems, Inc (Goodrich Dr)Charlotte2Compliant
Masonite-Stanley Door SystemsCharlotte2Compliant
Mexichem Specialty Compounds, Inc.Pineville2Compliant
Trane U.s., Inc.Charlotte2Compliant
Blythe Construction, Inc. - Arrowood PlantCharlotte1Compliant
BlytheCharlotte1Compliant
Anilox Roll Co., Inc. (Arc Intl.)Charlotte1Compliant
Blythe Construction, Inc.Matthews1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Brenntag Southeast, Inc.Charlotte$16.9k2025-10-22
Boston GearCharlotte$02024-01-08
Charlotte TerminalCharlotte$02023-08-02
Applied Roller Technology IncCharlotte$0