County page
Polk County
Polk County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 40 imported facility profiles, and 0 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 Polk County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 0 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
Tryon Wwtp
Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $4,370 in recorded penalties.
Columbus Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters, with $520 in recorded penalties.
Saluda Wwtp
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters, with $2,979 in recorded penalties.
Lynnbrook Estates Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Woodland Mills Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Columbus Town of
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Pleasant Grove Bapt Church
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Britten Creek Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $960 in recorded penalties.
Cooper Riis Healing Farm
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Coopers Gap Baptist Church
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Brights Creek Water System-treatment_plt
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Orchard Lake Campground
Violation Identified across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Polk Central School
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $230 in recorded penalties.
Tryon, Town of
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Big Level Baptist Church-treatment_plt_well #1
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Morgan Chapel Bapt Church
Inactive across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Polk County Water System
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Silver Creek Campground
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Apac-atlantic, Inc. - Plant 04139 Tryon
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-02-26.
103 River Cove Lane
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-11-10.
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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.