Halifax, NC
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Halifax in North Carolina · Population: 48,219
TRI sites such as Westrock Kraft Paper LLC; Patch Rubber Co; Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber; SDWIS systems such as HALIFAX CO--HALIFAX; ROANOKE RAPIDS SANITARY DIST; SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF anchor Halifax, NC's EPA extract. Derived burden score 43/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Halifax include HALIFAX CO--HALIFAX; SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF; ENFIELD WATER SYSTEM, while Westrock Kraft Paper LLC leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 43/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Halifax -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Halifax, NC: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-9.0%
5 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-8.9%
1.1 million lb → 1.0 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 3 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Halifax, NC's total reported releases fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Halifax, NC's water releases fell from 86.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Halifax, NC's off-site transfers rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Halifax, NC's land releases rose from 32.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 35.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (9)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| HALIFAX CO--HALIFAX | 20,250 | 5 |
| ROANOKE RAPIDS SANITARY DIST | 15,630 | 0 |
| SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF | 2,761 | 8 |
| ENFIELD WATER SYSTEM | 1,775 | 86 |
| LITTLETON, TOWN OF | 1,540 | 0 |
| WELDON WATER SYSTEM | 1,375 | 0 |
| HALIFAX, TOWN OF | 178 | 4 |
| GASTON HEIGHTS S/D | 76 | 0 |
| TWIN OAKS SHORES | 70 | 5 |
TRI Facilities (9)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westrock Kraft Paper LLC | 5.4M lbs |
| 2 | Patch Rubber Co | 29.6K lbs |
| 3 | Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber | 1.2K lbs |
| 4 | Culpeper of Roanoke Rapids LLC | 537 lbs |
| 5 | Hoover Treated Wood Products Inc | 0 lbs |
| 6 | Rosemary Power Station | 0 lbs |
| 7 | Shenandoah Wood Preservers | 0 lbs |
| 8 | Airboss Rubber Compounding Co Inc | 0 lbs |
| 9 | Binderholz Enfield LLC | 0 lbs |
Cities in Halifax (6)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.