Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: Utilities

• 6,873Handlers
• 909Large quantity generators
• 53States with three or more

6,873 sites classified under NAICS 221 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 909 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• California 987
• New York 943
• Michigan 718
• New Jersey 266
• Illinois 263
• Florida 249
• Pennsylvania 248
• Ohio 221
• Texas 199
• Iowa 160
• Massachusetts 154
• Indiana 149
• Minnesota 147
• Virginia 132
• Louisiana 130
• Maryland 120
• Oregon 114
• Wisconsin 106
• Colorado 97
• Missouri 89
• Arizona 86
• North Carolina 86
• West Virginia 85
• Kansas 82
• Washington 74
• Tennessee 69
• Vermont 69
• South Carolina 68
• Alabama 64
• Georgia 54
• Nevada 50
• Oklahoma 48
• New Hampshire 47
• Arkansas 43
• Kentucky 39
• Puerto Rico 38
• Connecticut 37
• New Mexico 36
• Hawaii 35
• Mississippi 30
• Rhode Island 27
• North Dakota 26
• Utah 26
• Idaho 23
• Montana 23
• Nebraska 21
• Delaware 19
• Alaska 17
• Maine 17
• South Dakota 13
• District of Columbia 11
• Wyoming 11
• NN 5

Related industries

• Crop production 3,630
• Animal production 135
• Forestry and logging 79
• Fishing, hunting and trapping 6
• Agriculture and forestry support 358
• Oil and gas extraction 564
• Mining and quarrying 758
• Mining support 974
• NAICS 233 145
• NAICS 234 369
• NAICS 235 601
• Building construction 711
• Heavy and civil engineering construction 4,104
• Specialty trade contractors 1,978
• NAICS 31- 29
• Food manufacturing 1,786
• Beverage and tobacco manufacturing 349
• Textile mills 375
• Textile product mills 162
• Apparel manufacturing 82

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.