EPA RCRA (RCRAInfo)
Hazardous waste handlers
Every site EPA tracks as a regulated hazardous waste handler — the generators that produce the waste, the transporters that move it, and the facilities licensed to treat, store or dispose of it — with the county it sits in, the industry it belongs to, and its inspection and violation record.
- 444,130Handlers
- 33,733Large quantity generators
- 638TSD facilities
- 68States
By what a handler does
- Large quantity generators 33,728 nationally
- Small quantity generators 109,329 nationally
- Very small quantity generators 289,536 nationally
- Hazardous waste transporters 14,318 nationally
- Treatment, storage and disposal facilities 623 nationally
By state
- California 72,740
- Minnesota 29,216
- New York 25,014
- Florida 24,775
- Michigan 24,296
- Massachusetts 19,280
- Pennsylvania 18,274
- Illinois 17,701
- Louisiana 17,686
- Ohio 15,420
- Wisconsin 13,990
- Texas 13,744
- Virginia 9,511
- Maryland 9,430
- Indiana 8,716
- North Carolina 8,603
- New Jersey 7,318
- Missouri 6,595
- Kansas 6,239
- South Carolina 6,169
- Colorado 5,569
- Alabama 5,536
- Georgia 5,076
- Iowa 4,887
- Connecticut 4,805
- Oregon 4,571
- Arizona 3,751
- Tennessee 3,747
- West Virginia 3,582
- Oklahoma 3,535
- Washington 3,518
- Mississippi 3,120
- Vermont 2,918
- New Mexico 2,648
- Nevada 2,551
- Rhode Island 2,334
- Arkansas 2,329
- New Hampshire 2,260
- Utah 2,250
- Nebraska 2,109
- Maine 2,103
- Wyoming 1,821
- Kentucky 1,717
- Puerto Rico 1,634
- Montana 1,577
- South Dakota 1,476
- Hawaii 1,431
- Delaware 1,335
- Alaska 1,272
- Idaho 1,159
- North Dakota 954
- District of Columbia 916
- XF 385
- Guam 227
- NN 109
- U.S. Virgin Islands 85
- Northern Mariana Islands 54
- ON 22
- American Samoa 13
- QC 10
- MB 4
- XI 3
- AB 2
- SK 2
- TT 2
- XH 2
- BC 1
- XJ 1
By industry
The industry subsectors that generate the most regulated hazardous waste, as classified by the handler’s own NAICS code.
- Repair and maintenance 21,860
- Fabricated metal product manufacturing 8,744
- Educational services 8,255
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers 7,768
- Gasoline stations 7,221
- Utilities 6,873
- Personal and laundry services 6,778
- General merchandise retailers 6,645
- Chemical manufacturing 6,440
- Waste management and remediation 5,358
- Machinery manufacturing 4,760
- Professional, scientific and technical services 4,475
- Health and personal care stores 4,408
- Transportation equipment manufacturing 4,381
- Building material and garden supply stores 4,240
- Heavy and civil engineering construction 4,104
- Ambulatory health care services 3,979
- Crop production 3,630
- Truck transportation 3,298
- Health and personal care retailers 3,159
- Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 3,085
- Computer and electronic product manufacturing 2,901
- Hospitals 2,841
- Printing and related support 2,788
- Support activities for transportation 2,701
- Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 2,639
- Pipeline transportation 2,497
- Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 2,482
- Food and beverage retailers 2,318
- Miscellaneous manufacturing 2,288
- Specialty trade contractors 1,978
- NAICS 452 1,974
- Warehousing and storage 1,934
- Primary metal manufacturing 1,885
- Food manufacturing 1,786
- Real estate 1,409
- Paper manufacturing 1,406
- National security and international affairs 1,391
- Furniture and related product manufacturing 1,318
- Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 1,306
Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.