County page
Mitchell County
Mitchell County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 42 imported facility profiles, and 1,768 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 Mitchell County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 1,768 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
Crystal Operation
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,754 in recorded penalties.
Feldspar
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,264 in recorded penalties.
Blue Ridge Hospital System In
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Houston Transportation Inc
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kt Mica
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Steel Gray Mine
Violation Identified across 12 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sibelco North America - Red Hill Facility
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,325 in recorded penalties.
Spruce Pine Campground
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Unimin Corporation Quartz/feldspar Facility
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Bakersville Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Quartz Corp / Pine Mountain
Significant noncompliance across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Spruce Pine Wwtp
Violation Identified across 10 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
14196 Nc Highway 226 North
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Red Hill Quartz Processing Plant
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Bear Den Acres
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Bombardier Motor Corporation of America - Spruce Pine
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-09-24.
Humpback Mountain-treatment_plt
Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Unimin Crystal Quartz
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Bakersville, Town of
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sibelco North America-red Hill Plant-treatment_plt_well #1
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 1,768 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.