An asphalt plant is proposed on Muddy Creek’s edge — the permit case is still winnable.
Maymead Inc. wants to build a hot-mix asphalt plant at 6010 Gun Club Road on Muddy Creek in Clemmons, NC. Air quality and truck traffic impacts reach well beyond the parcel’s immediate neighbors, across Clemmons and the surrounding Forsyth County community. No Village vote is required — the fight is happening inside an air permit case, and public comment is the strongest tool residents have.
The Basics
Maymead Inc., based in Mountain City, TN, is seeking to build a hot-mix asphalt manufacturing plant at 6010 Gun Club Road — a parcel that runs to Muddy Creek and sits near multiple residential neighborhoods, area businesses, and the Kinnamon Road corridor.
The parcel is zoned General Industrial. Under NC SB382 (2024), an asphalt plant is a permitted use by right. No rezoning vote and no public hearing before the Village Council is required for this project to proceed.
Maymead filed its air permit application with the Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection (EAP) on July 16, 2026, requesting Synthetic Minor status. Review is underway; no permit has been issued.
Zoning gives residents no vote here. The real leverage point is the Forsyth County EAP, which holds independent air permit authority under the county’s Air Quality Technical Code — it can approve, deny, or attach conditions to the permit.
The Air Quality Case
Hot-mix asphalt plants emit formaldehyde, VOCs, PAHs, benzene, and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) — pollutants EPA classifies as hazardous air pollutants linked to cancer, respiratory illness, and neurological harm. Children, older adults, and people who are immunocompromised carry the highest risk, and Rollingreen has all three.
Source: Maymead air permit application, dispersion modeling attachments, filed with Forsyth County EAP, Jul 16, 2026.
Maymead is applying under a Synthetic Minor classification — capping stated production specifically to avoid the stricter review and controls that apply to a Major Source. Requested limits: 325 tons/hour, 2,500 tons/day, 300,000 tons/year. The EAP should scrutinize this closely.
If the EAP receives significant public comment, it must hold a public hearing. That hearing — and the 30-day comment window that precedes it — is the single most powerful tool available to residents right now.
The Contamination Case
The neighboring site is the former Winston-Salem Police Outdoor Firing Range. Soil contamination (lead, chromium, arsenic) and groundwater contamination (lead, chromium exceeding NC 2L standards) were documented in 2008 and 2012 assessments. Roughly $870,000 was spent on remediation, but a 2016-withdrawn Brownfields application means the case was never formally closed and no Land Use Restriction was ever filed.
A 2017 groundwater assessment proposed natural attenuation as the remedy for lead — estimating 10 to 20 years for levels to reach safe drinking-water standards. That window has not closed.
6010 was previously used as a skeet shooting range. Its soil has never been independently tested. What is documented: a 2008 receptor well survey found lead exceeding the NC groundwater standard in the on-site well at 6010 — the only one of five nearby wells tested to exceed it. Soil testing remains an open question, not a settled fact.
The Location Case
The 6010 property boundary runs directly to Muddy Creek, confirmed by FEMA Flood Plain designation (Panel 3710359950J). Jurisdictional wetlands are documented on the adjacent parcel.
The Kinnamon Road bridge over I-40 (NCDOT Project BR-0075) is scheduled for replacement in the 2027–2029 timeframe; exact construction dates have shifted and are not yet finalized as of NCDOT’s most recent update. An extended closure is expected, which would push plant truck traffic onto a narrow two-lane road with sinkholes, steep grades, and culverts.
Golding Farms and Joyce Foods are food producers and commercial businesses operating immediately adjacent to the proposed site.
Key Asks
For EAP
- Require rigorous air dispersion modeling review
- Hold a public hearing
- Require Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments for both 6010 and 6020 before any permit issues
For Village Council
- Formally write to EAP expressing community concerns
- Ask DEQ to confirm the closure status of 6020 before adjacent construction proceeds
For NC DEQ
- Formally reopen and close out the 6020 contamination case
- Confirm whether 6010 has ever been independently tested
For residents
- Sign the paper petition
- Send a personal comment to EAP
- Attend the public hearing when scheduled
What you can do today
| Mayor Michael Rogers | mrogers@clemmons.org · 336-439-5185 |
| Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Barson | mbarson@clemmons.org · 614-404-2111 |
| Council Member Jim Smith | jsmith@clemmons.org · 336-306-2463 |
| Council Member Mike Combest | mcombest@clemmons.org · 336-439-5180 |
| Council Member Bradley Taylor | btaylor@clemmons.org · 336-439-5182 |
| Council Member Randy Wooden | rwooden@clemmons.org · 336-439-5181 |