Hazardous waste · by county

Hazardous waste handlers in Santa Cruz County, California

• 343Handlers
• 49Large quantity generators
• 0TSD facilities
• 21With a recorded violation

Santa Cruz County holds 343 of the 72,286 regulated hazardous waste handlers in California, which makes it the 27th largest county in the state by handler count. 49 are large quantity generators and 21 have at least one violation on record. County FIPS 06087.

By what a handler does in Santa Cruz County

• Large quantity generators in Santa Cruz County 49
• Small quantity generators in Santa Cruz County 228
• Very small quantity generators in Santa Cruz County 48
• Hazardous waste transporters in Santa Cruz County 23

Comparable counties in California

• Butte County 339
• Merced County 353
• Shasta County 298
• Imperial County 274
• Humboldt County 251
• Napa County 247
• San Luis Obispo County 445
• Yolo County 445

Year by year in Santa Cruz County

• Inspections in 2026 7 handlers
• Inspections in 2025 15 handlers
• Inspections in 2024 15 handlers
• Inspections in 2023 10 handlers
• Inspections in 2022 7 handlers
• Inspections in 2021 5 handlers
• Inspections in 2020 4 handlers
• Inspections in 2019 10 handlers
• Inspections in 2018 10 handlers
• Inspections in 2017 12 handlers
• Violations determined in 2025 3 handlers
• Violations determined in 2024 4 handlers
• Violations determined in 2023 5 handlers
• Violations determined in 2022 4 handlers
• Violations determined in 2019 3 handlers
• Violations determined in 2017 3 handlers

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.