Air Quality Civil Penalty Assessments
Civil penalties assessed by DEQ's Division of Air Quality within the last 12 months are listed below. Documentation related to the penalties and associated violations is available via Laserfiche.
| County | Case Number | Violator | Facility ID | Violation | NOV Date | Date Assessed | Penalty Amount | Invest Cost | Total Amt Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph | 2026-050 | StarPet Inc. | 7600276 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart VVVVVV Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources, 2Q .0317 Avoidance Conditions, Part 60 - NSPS Subpart DDD Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry and Permit Condition(s) 2.2.B.4 and 4.F | 02/11/2026 | 09/02/2026 | $20,000 | $542 | $20,542 |
| Guilford | 2026-026 | Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. | 4100332 | Permit Condition(s) A.11.a.v | 02/20/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $5,440 | $412 | $5,852 |
| Surry | 2026-024 | Florencio & Stephanie Mendoza | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/17/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $1,000 | $287 | $1,287 |
| Cumberland | 2026-029 | Cargill, Inc. - Fayetteville | 2600016 | 2D .0530 Prevention of Significant Deterioration | 04/08/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $8,720 | $295 | $9,015 |
| Cumberland | 2026-017 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | 2600050 | 2D .0530 Prevention of Significant Deterioration | 02/09/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $16,960 | $295 | $17,255 |
| Sampson | 2025-084 | Canal Ag Recycling LLC | 8200160 | 2Q .0501 Purpose of Section and Requirement for a Permit, NCGS 143-215.108 Control of sources of air pollution; permits required. and 2D .0515 Particulates from Miscellaneous Industrial Processes | 07/18/2025 | 09/01/2026 | $6,000 | $462 | $6,462 |
| Alamance | 2026-039 | Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant | 0100237 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters | 05/15/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $16,000 | $544 | $16,544 |
| Rowan | 2026-027 | CSP Innovations North Carolina, Inc. | 8000176 | 2Q .0508 Permit Content, 2D .0521 Control of Visible Emissions | 03/19/2026 | 09/01/2026 | $8,000 | $279 | $8,279 |
| Rowan | 2026-013 | Gary Brumley | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 01/06/2026 | 07/30/2026 | $1,000 | $370 | $1,370 |
| Columbus | 2026-019 | Gary Leonard | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 02/18/2026 | 07/30/2026 | $1,000 | $437 | $1,437 |
| Richmond | 2026-002 | International Tie Disposal, LLC - Project Tie | 7700101 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources | 09/30/2025 | 07/30/2026 | $11,192 | $502 | $11,694 |
| Catawba | 2026-014 | Wise Landscaping, Inc. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/19/2026 | 07/30/2026 | $3,000 | $319 | $3,319 |
| Guilford | 2026-021 | Baltek Inc. | 4101282 | Permit Condition(s) A.8.d | 02/12/2026 | 07/30/2026 | $1,000 | $296 | $1,296 |
| Hoke | 2025-050 | Nickolas Lowery | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/25/2025 | 07/30/2026 | $1,500 | $348 | $1,848 |
| Wilkes | 2026-022 | JELD-WEN, Inc. - North Wilkesboro | 9700175 | Permit Condition(s) 2.1.B.2 | 02/03/2026 | 07/30/2026 | $4,000 | $197 | $4,197 |
| Columbus | 2026-016 | LP Gardens Full Service Landscape LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 12/17/2025 | 07/30/2026 | $1,500 | $491 | $1,991 |
| Catawba | 2026-014 | Wise Landscaping, Inc. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 11/07/2025 | 07/30/2026 | $3,000 | $319 | $3,319 |
| Guilford | 2026-033 | City of Greensboro - T.Z. Osborne Water Reclamation Facility | 4100923 | Permit Condition(s) 2.1.A.5.a and 2.1.A.7.e | 01/15/2026 | 06/26/2026 | $16,000 | $542 | $16,542 |
| Guilford | 2026-033 | City of Greensboro - T.Z. Osborne Water Reclamation Facility | 4100923 | Permit Condition(s) 2.1.A.5.a and 2.1.A.7.e | 03/13/2026 | 06/26/2026 | $16,000 | $542 | $16,542 |
| Guilford | 2026-023 | Buckeye SE Terminals, LP - Greensboro II Terminal | 4100257 | Part 63 - NESHAP/GACT Subpart BBBBBB Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants, and Pipeline Facilities | 02/20/2026 | 06/26/2026 | $5,000 | $357 | $5,357 |
| Bladen | 2025-070 | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. - Tar Heel | 0900055 | 2D .0539 Odor Control of Feed Ingredient Manufacturing Plants | 07/02/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $6,600 | $541 | $7,141 |
| Union | 2026-010 | ASSA ABLOY dba Norton Rixson Door Controls | 9000012 | 2Q .0317 Avoidance Conditions | 11/06/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $5,000 | $382 | $5,382 |
| Moore | 2025-074 | Barnes Brothers Tree Service, LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 07/25/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $1,500 | $333 | $1,833 |
| Catawba | 2026-007 | Frank Delorenzo | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/20/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $1,125 | $370 | $1,495 |
| Catawba | 2026-007 | Frank Delorenzo | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 10/31/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $1,125 | $370 | $1,495 |
| Rowan | 2026-011 | Julio Ramirez | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/02/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $750 | $263 | $1,013 |
| Union | 2026-008 | Uriel Carvajal | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 12/18/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $375 | $273 | $648 |
| Wake | 2026-006 | Tramonte Holding LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 12/05/2025 | 06/26/2026 | $2,250 | $344 | $2,594 |
| Alamance | 2026-012 | Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant | 0100237 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters | 11/05/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $12,000 | $544 | $12,544 |
| Alamance | 2026-012 | Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant | 0100237 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters | 07/14/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $12,000 | $544 | $12,544 |
| Rowan | 2025-094 | Henkel US Operations Corporation | 8000055 | 2Q .0315 Synthetic Minor Facilities | 09/04/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $6,000 | $407 | $6,407 |
| Gaston | 2025-095 | Spartan Tree & Landscape, Inc. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 09/29/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $1,500 | $293 | $1,793 |
| Guilford | 2026-009 | City of Greensboro - T.Z. Osborne Water Reclamation Facility | 4100923 | Part 62 Subpart LLL Federal Plan Req'ts for Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Constructed on or Before October 14, 2010 | 12/04/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $46,000 | $560 | $46,560 |
| Scotland | 2025-028 | Pilkington North America, Inc. | 8300027 | 2D .0614 Compliance Assurance Monitoring | 04/04/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $5,140 | $319 | $5,459 |
| Moore | 2025-041 | Aberdeen Fabrics, Inc. | 6300105 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources, 2Q .0309 Termination, Modification, and Revocation of Permits | 06/05/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $2,000 | $392 | $2,392 |
| Anson | 2025-060 | Hornwood Inc | 0400009 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources | 07/03/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $3,810 | $517 | $4,327 |
| Rowan | 2025-094 | Henkel US Operations Corporation | 8000055 | 2Q .0315 Synthetic Minor Facilities | 07/31/2025 | 05/28/2026 | $6,000 | $407 | $6,407 |
| Surry | 2025-088 | Jose Daniel Garcia Dias | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 07/17/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $1,000 | $432 | $1,432 |
| Union | 2025-090 | Leon Grant | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 10/03/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $375 | $375 | $750 |
| Alamance | 2025-093 | Stericycle, Inc. | 0100010 | 2D .1206 Hospital, Medical, and Infectious Waste Incinerators | 06/05/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $16,000 | $244 | $16,244 |
| Alamance | 2025-031 | Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant | 0100237 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters | 05/05/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $18,000 | $544 | $18,544 |
| Guilford | 2025-089 | Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. | 4100332 | Permit Late Report (excluding ACC) and Permit Condition(s) A.8, A.11.a.v, A.11.d.i, A.11.d.ii | 08/08/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $3,000 | $477 | $3,477 |
| Montgomery | 2025-092 | Troy Lumber Company | 6200029 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters | 10/21/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $8,000 | $559 | $8,559 |
| Catawba | 2025-085 | Synthetics Finishing Longview | 1800493 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources | 06/20/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $1,000 | $245 | $1,245 |
| Wake | 2025-073 | Juanita Mangum Wilson | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 05/09/2025 | 04/28/2026 | $1,000 | $299 | $1,299 |
| Pitt | 2025-091 | Barnhill Contracting Company - Greenville Plant | 7400012 | Part 60 - NSPS Subpart I Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities | 08/05/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $4,000 | $345 | $4,345 |
| Union | 2025-068 | UL Excavating & Grading L.L.C. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/23/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $1,500 | $393 | $1,893 |
| Johnston | 2025-054 | Zehrco-Giancola Composites, Inc. | 5100024 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDDDD Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters, Permit Late Report (excluding ACC), Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart PPPP Surface Coating of Plastic Parts and Products | 03/21/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $10,000 | $460 | $8,460 |
| Union | 2025-086 | ASSA ABLOY dba Norton Rixson Door Controls | 9000012 | Part 63 - NESHAP/GACT Subpart ZZZZ Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines and 2Q .0315 Synthetic Minor Facilities | 07/17/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $3,000 | $453 | $3,453 |
| Rowan | 2025-083 | Pacheco's Lawn & Tree Services LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 08/01/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $1,500 | $383 | $1,883 |
| Wayne | 2025-087 | Alexander Rojas dba Rojas Construction and Remodeling, LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 09/29/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $1,500 | $406 | $1,906 |
| Stanly | 2025-040 | Joseph Nicastro | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/10/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $4,500 | $396 | $4,896 |
| Wake | 2025-067 | Julio Bentancour | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 09/06/2024 | 03/27/2026 | $1,500 | $327 | $1,827 |
| Stanly | 2025-040 | Joseph Nicastro | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 09/05/2025 | 03/27/2026 | $4,500 | $396 | $4,896 |
| Anson | 2025-061 | Adams an Old Castle Company - Lilesville | 0400005 | Permit Condition(s) B.6 | 07/03/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $4,000 | $320 | $4,320 |
| Iredell | 2025-069 | B & C Timbers, LLC dba G & G Forest Products | 4900178 | 2D .1111 Maximum Achievable Control Technology | 08/01/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $4,000 | $373 | $4,373 |
| Richmond | 2025-011 | Southern Products & Silica Company | 7700023 | 2D .0524 New Source Performance Standards | 02/17/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $10,492 | $747 | $11,239 |
| Richmond | 2025-011 | Southern Products & Silica Company | 7700023 | 2D .0524 New Source Performance Standards | 07/03/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $10,492 | $747 | $11,239 |
| Richmond | 2025-011 | Southern Products & Silica Company | 7700023 | 2D .0200 Air Pollution Sources and 2D .0524 New Source Performance Standards | 09/11/2024 | 02/20/2026 | $10,492 | $747 | $11,239 |
| Cumberland | 2025-036 | Jack Hudson dba Hudson Stump Grinding & Tree Services | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 05/29/2024 | 02/20/2026 | $2,500 | $335 | $2,835 |
| Bladen | 2025-080 | Donald Moore, Jr. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 08/05/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $3,000 | $380 | $3,380 |
| Gates | 2025-082 | Mike Watford | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 07/07/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $750 | $406 | $1,156 |
| Richmond | 2025-077 | Cordova Fire and Rescue Inc. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 01/06/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $375 | $269 | $644 |
| Cumberland | 2025-079 | SELT.COM LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 02/17/2025 | 02/20/2026 | $5,500 | $357 | $5,857 |
| Cumberland | 2025-020 | HQ XVIII ABN Corps & Fort Bragg | 2600102 | 2D .1111 Maximum Achievable Control Technology | 05/01/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $5,560 | $538 | $6,098 |
| Stokes | 2025-064 | Daniel Collins | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/30/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $1,000 | $299 | $1,299 |
| Cumberland | 2025-020 | HQ XVIII ABN Corps & Fort Bragg | 2600102 | 2D .1111 Maximum Achievable Control Technology | 04/30/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $5,560 | $538 | $6,098 |
| Cumberland | 2025-020 | HQ XVIII ABN Corps & Fort Bragg | 2600102 | 2D .1111 Maximum Achievable Control Technology | 10/14/2024 | 01/16/2026 | $5,560 | $538 | $6,098 |
| Stokes | 2025-064 | Daniel Collins | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 05/01/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $1,000 | $299 | $1,299 |
| Sampson | 2025-076 | Spell's Mechanical Services, Inc | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 11/27/2024 | 01/16/2026 | $2,500 | $265 | $2,765 |
| Stokes | 2025-072 | Donald Fulk | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 08/04/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $500 | $290 | $790 |
| Randolph | 2025-063 | Henry Mills | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/04/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $750 | $341 | $1,091 |
| Randolph | 2025-063 | Henry Mills | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/14/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $750 | $341 | $1,091 |
| Scotland | 2024-048 | Freddie Dial Sr. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/14/2024 | 01/16/2026 | $500 | $277 | $777 |
| Cumberland | 2025-012 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | 2600050 | 2D .0530 Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Permit Condition(s) General Condition I.B | 03/03/2025 | 01/16/2026 | $21,840 | $275 | $22,115 |
| Durham | 2025-051 | Federal Medical Center | 3200295 | Permit Late Report (excluding ACC) | 03/21/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $1,000 | $304 | $1,304 |
| Durham | 2025-052 | Counter Culture Coffee | N/A | 2D .0521 Control of Visible Emissions | 09/24/2024 | 12/05/2025 | $4,500 | $397 | $4,897 |
| Stokes | 2025-048 | David Weavil | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/28/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $375 | $418 | $793 |
| Wake | 2025-055 | Gregory Farm Properties, LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/02/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $1,000 | $298 | $1,048 |
| Currituck | 2025-062 | Nick Borg | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/06/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $5,000 | $406 | $5,406 |
| Guilford | 2025-056 | Atlantic Contracting Company, Inc. | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/19/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $3,000 | $438 | $3,438 |
| Stokes | 2025-045 | Byers Enterprises LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/28/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $625 | $418 | $1,043 |
| Alamance | 2025-044 | Jack and Clark Pope | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/14/2025 | 12/05/2025 | $378 | $378 | $756 |
| Yadkin | 2025-042 | Justin Myers | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 03/14/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $2,250 | $437 | $2,687 |
| Yadkin | 2025-042 | Justin Myers | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 02/21/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $2,250 | $437 | $2,687 |
| Cleveland | 2025-038 | Woodgrain, Inc. - dba Natures by Woodgrain | 2300373 | 2Q .0315 Synthetic Minor Facilities | 04/24/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $2,000 | $250 | $2,250 |
| Pitt | 2025-057 | Grady-White Boats, Inc. | 7400104 | Part 63 - NESHAP/MACT Subpart ZZZZ Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines | 04/11/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $4,000 | $211 | $3,211 |
| Catawba | 2025-037 | Snyder Paper Corporation | 1800314 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources | 03/05/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $2,000 | $390 | $2,390 |
| Durham | 2025-053 | Veterans Affairs Medical Hospital | 3200154 | Permit Late Report (excluding ACC) | 03/20/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $1,000 | $250 | $0 |
| Stanly | 2025-039 | Hunter Williams | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/28/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $500 | $227 | $727 |
| Hoke | 2024-087 | Polymer Technologies, Inc. | 4700013 | 2D .0611 Monitoring Emissions from Other Sources and 2D .1900 Open Burning | 09/11/2024 | 11/07/2025 | $4,500 | $338 | $4,838 |
| Pitt | 2025-058 | Gilbert Brian Weaver | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 05/16/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $6,500 | $812 | $7,312 |
| Pitt | 2025-058 | Gilbert Brian Weaver | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/24/2025 | 11/07/2025 | $6,500 | $812 | $7,312 |
| Bladen | 2025-071 | Chemours Company - Fayetteville Works | 0900009 | 2D .1100 Control of Toxic Air Pollutants | 08/04/2025 | 10/15/2025 | $10,000 | $294 | $10,294 |
| Surry | 2025-035 | David Parks | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/17/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $500 | $281 | $781 |
| Cleveland | 2025-030 | CNA Holdings, LLC - Shelby | 2300081 | 2Q .0315 Synthetic Minor Facilities | 03/12/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $2,000 | $292 | $2,292 |
| Iredell | 2025-004 | Richard Abernathy Grading and Septic, Inc. - Mt. Ulla Site | 4900341 | Part 60 - NSPS Subpart EEEE Other Solid Waste Incineration Units Construct> 12/9/2004 or Modify/Reconstruct >= 6/16/2006 | 12/10/2024 | 10/08/2025 | $4,000 | $266 | $2,266 |
| Wilkes | 2025-029 | Brian Keith Richardson | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/09/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $1,500 | $562 | $2,062 |
| Wilkes | 2025-029 | Brian Keith Richardson | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 12/17/2024 | 10/08/2025 | $1,500 | $562 | $2,062 |
| Surry | 2025-043 | Bobby J. Mills | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 06/06/2024 | 10/08/2025 | $500 | $328 | $828 |
| Brunswick | 2025-032 | Raul Jimenez | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/07/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $250 | $250 | $500 |
| Union | 2025-024 | 5A Tree Service, LLC | N/A | 2D .1900 Open Burning | 04/15/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $3,000 | $459 | $3,459 |
| Catawba | 2025-034 | PTI, LLC - Hickory | 1800589 | Permit Late Title V ACC | 03/26/2025 | 10/08/2025 | $4,000 | $288 | $4,288 |
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