EPA Air · by county
Air-emissions sources in Wayne County, North Carolina
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Every stationary source in Wayne County, North Carolina that holds a Clean Air Act permit or is otherwise tracked by an air agency — planned, under construction, operating, seasonal or temporarily closed. Sources EPA records as permanently closed are not listed.
Every source’s record in Wayne County
Each of the 27 operating major, synthetic minor and minor sources in Wayne County, North Carolina has a record page: every source in Wayne County, A to Z.
By emissions classification in Wayne County
A source’s classification is the size band its potential emissions put it in: a major source is large enough to need a Title V operating permit, a synthetic minor has accepted limits to stay below that line, and a minor source sits below it outright.
Inspections in Wayne County, by year
A compliance evaluation is the on-site or file review a state, local or federal air agency records against a permitted source.
- 2026 inspections 69
- 2025 inspections 94
- 2024 inspections 77
- 2023 inspections 83
- 2022 inspections 83
- 2021 inspections 86
- 2020 inspections 88
- 2019 inspections 59
- 2018 inspections 24
- 2017 inspections 22
Violations in Wayne County, by year
A high-priority violation is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records against a source; a federally reportable violation is the next step down in severity.
Stack tests in Wayne County, by year
A stack test measures what a source actually emits, at the stack, against the limit in its permit.
- 2026 stack tests 4
- 2023 stack tests 5
- 2022 stack tests 4
- 2021 stack tests 3
- 2020 stack tests 4
- 2019 stack tests 4
- 2018 stack tests 3
Inspections in Wayne County, year by year · Violations in Wayne County, year by year · Stack tests in Wayne County, year by year
Other counties in North Carolina
Every county in the state with at least three sources on file.
- Rutherford County 30
- Sampson County 30
- Scotland County 18
- Stanly County 29
- Stokes County 4
- Surry County 27
- Swain County 5
- Transylvania County 9
- Undetermined County 13
- Union County 57
- Vance County 16
- Wake County 116
- Warren County 3
- Washington County 6
- Watauga County 13
- Wilkes County 28
- Wilson County 46
- Yadkin County 9
- Yancey County 8
Facilities
County as filed on the facility record. Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download.