EPA-regulated facilities near Boone, NC

There are 269 EPA-regulated facilities within 5 miles of Boone, North Carolina. The most common kinds are drinking water systems (117), water discharge (81), hazardous waste (54). None is in significant noncompliance, but 18 have a violation on record. Penalties over the last five years total $9k across 2 sites.

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269facilities within 5 miles

0in significant noncompliance

18with a violation on record

$9kin penalties, last 5 years

By category

Category	Facilities
Hazardous waste	54
Small quantity generators	27
Chemical (RMP/TRI)	5
Superfund	1
Air emissions	37
Synthetic minor sources	6
Minor sources	12
Water discharge	81
Major permits	1
Minor permits	68
Drinking water systems	117
Scrap yards	1
Recycling centers	1

A facility enrolled in several programs counts once in the total and once in each of its categories.

Largest penalties

Penalties assessed over the last five years.

APPALACHIAN STATE WTP PHYSICAL PLANT DIVISION, BOONE, NC, 28608 · 1.7 mi $7k in penalties
TWEETSIE RAILROAD U.S. HIGHWAY 321/221S/BOONE, BLOWING ROCK, NC, 28605 · 3.5 mi $1k in penalties

Superfund sites

HIGHLAND RIDGE RD MERCURY 288 HIGHLAND RIDGE RD, BLOWING ROCK, NC, 28605 · 3.5 mi

County

Watauga County

Nearby towns

Lenoir 23 mi
Morganton 33 mi
Elizabethton, TN 33 mi
Hickory 38 mi
Bristol, TN 39 mi
Johnson City, TN 41 mi
Newton 45 mi
Kingsport, TN 53 mi

Reading these numbers

These are regulatory records, not measurements of pollution. Most facilities appear because they hold a permit or file reports, and most of them are compliant; a listing is not a claim that a facility has polluted anything. Compliance status and penalties are the EPA's own determinations in data retrieved Oct 9, 2026. Distances are from the center of Boone as the Census Bureau records it. The Data page explains where each record comes from and how it can mislead.