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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR NC0000003702400036

GLOBAL CELLULOSE FIBERS - RIEGELWOOD MILL, Riegelwood, NC: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

GLOBAL CELLULOSE FIBERS - RIEGELWOOD MILL, at 865 JOHN L. RIEGEL ROAD, Riegelwood in Columbus County, North Carolina, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedGLOBAL CELLULOSE FIBERS - RIEGELWOOD MILL
ICIS-AIR IDNC0000003702400036
EPA facility registry ID110009719304
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address865 JOHN L. RIEGEL ROAD, Riegelwood, NC 28456
CountyColumbus County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Paper manufacturing (NAICS 3221)
SIC code2611
EPA region04

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs GLOBAL CELLULOSE FIBERS - RIEGELWOOD MILL is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

The newest 50 of 133.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
August 26, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
May 28, 2026PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 20, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 29, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
January 12, 2026PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 23, 2025FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 8, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
June 3, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 28, 2025PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 18, 2025PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
November 6, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 18, 2024FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 12, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
May 29, 2024PCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 22, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
February 19, 2024PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
November 13, 2023PCE Off-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
April 11, 2019HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
April 11, 2019HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 17, 2018HPV day-zero determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 17, 2018HPV day-zero determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 2 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
August 30, 2019Administrative OrderState$2,293
November 5, 2018Administrative OrderState$4,508

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 29, 2019Notice of ViolationState
July 30, 2018Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 19, 2026PendingState
September 12, 2025PendingState
May 29, 2025PendingState
December 12, 2024PassState
November 17, 2023PassState
May 17, 2023PassState
February 8, 2023PendingState
November 17, 2022PassState
December 10, 2021PassState
October 20, 2021PassState
November 3, 2020PendingState
November 2, 2020PassState
September 16, 2020PassState
October 30, 2019PassState
October 9, 2019PassState
May 31, 2018PassState
May 22, 2018PassState
February 14, 2018PassState
February 8, 2018PassState
February 6, 2018FailState
February 5, 2018PassState
October 27, 2017PassState
July 11, 2017PassState
March 2, 2017PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.