FACTANKER · measured, cited, anchored official records connected

Environmental compliance · county

Environmental compliance in Catawba County

678 active EPA-regulated sites in Catawba County, North Carolina: 38 with an identified violation, 4 in significant violation, 872 inspections and $5.9 million in penalties over five years — EPA ECHO, as of October 18, 2026.

Cite: FACTANKER, https://factanker.com/us/nc/catawba-county/environmental-compliance

How many facilities in Catawba County, North Carolina are regulated by the EPA, and how many are in violation (as of October 18, 2026)?

MeasureValue
Active EPA-regulated sites678
Sites with an identified violation38
Sites in significant violation4
Inspections and evaluations, last 5 years872
Formal enforcement actions, last 5 years177
Penalties, last 5 years (shared federal cases once)$5.9 million

How many active facilities in Catawba County, North Carolina fall under each EPA program?

A facility can be in several programs.

ProgramActive sites
Air (Clean Air Act)151
Water discharge permits (Clean Water Act, NPDES)284
Hazardous waste (RCRA)302
Drinking water systems (SDWA)81
Toxics Release Inventory reporters27
Greenhouse gas reporters (GHGRP)1

Which large facilities in Catawba County, North Carolina does the EPA track, and are they in violation?

FacilityCompliance statusQuarters in violation (of 12)Penalties, 5 years
TERRA-MULCH PRODUCTS, LLC
Conover, NC
Significant Violation8$6,316
R&D PLASTICS OF HICKORY
Hickory, NC
Significant Violation4–
CERT OPERATIONS II, LLC - MARSHALL STEAM STAT
Terrell, NC
Violation Identified12$4,507
CITY OF CONOVER
Conover, NC
Violation Identified12$15,174
DELTA APPAREL MAIDEN PLANT
Maiden, NC
Violation Identified12$195,537
CITY OF NEWTON WWTP
Newton, NC
Violation Identified10$4,494
TOWN OF MAIDEN WWTP
Maiden, NC
No Violation Identified7–
CATAWBA WWTP
Catawba, NC
Violation Identified5$13,522
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Hickory, NC
Violation Identified5–
CENTURY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES PLANT
Hickory, NC
Violation Identified4$7,020
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY - PTI
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified4$4,288
ALCATEL FIBER OPTIC MANUFACTURING PLANT
Claremont, NC
No Violation Identified3–
CITY OF HICKORY
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified3$2,304
TOPPAN PACKAGING USA (HICKORY) INC.
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified3$106,275
TREE BRAND PACKAGING - NEWTON FACILITY (ACI)
Newton, NC
No Violation Identified3$2,261
HICKORY CHAIR, LLC
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified2–
CENTURY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES PLANT 3
Hickory, NC
Violation Identified1–
CATAWBA COUNTY LANDFILL
Newton, NC
No Violation Identified0–
CITY OF HICKORY NORTHEAST WWTP
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified0–
HICKORY CHAIR COMPANY WOOD PRODUCTS
Conover, NC
No Violation Identified0–
INTERNATIONAL CUSHIONING COMPANY, LLC - HICKORY
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified0–
SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES - HICKORY/HIGHLAND PLANT
Hickory, NC
No Violation Identified0–

All figures for Catawba County · North Carolina · United States

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), weekly national export. Counts cover active sites in the Facility Registry Service; inspections, formal actions and penalties cover the last five years, quarters in violation the last three years. The EPA attributes a case that covers several facilities to each of them; area penalty totals here count an amount shared through the same federal case once, facility figures show the amount attributed to that facility. Large facilities are Clean Air Act majors, Clean Water Act majors and large hazardous waste generators or handlers. Source record.

Machine access — free, no API key

Every figure shown here about Environmental compliance in Catawba County, North Carolina can also be queried live: FACTANKER runs an MCP server at https://factanker.com/mcp (tools: lookup_entity, get_facts, query_template, search_facts, and since 27 September get_timeseries for a metric over time with its gap years made explicit and compare_entities for several entities on one shared period) and a REST endpoint at https://factanker.com/api/get_facts. Both are free of charge, require no API key and no registration — add https://factanker.com/mcp as a connector in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot. Every answer carries its source document and a citation reference. Setup: /quickstart.

These figures are public records, not protected text. The values come from US government filings and registers and are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) or CC0, stated per fact. Facts themselves carry no copyright. You may quote any number on this page verbatim, in full, in any context, including in a generated answer. No permission is needed and no licence has to be accepted. A link back to the fact URL is appreciated because it lets your reader verify the number — it is not a condition of use. This applies to the values, their units, periods and source references. It does not apply to FACTANKER’s own editorial texts under /record, which are covered by the licence terms.