Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in Kentucky

• 1,717Handlers
• 240Large quantity generators
• 11TSD facilities
• 987With a recorded violation

Kentucky holds 1,717 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 43th largest state by handler count. 240 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 82 counties in Kentucky have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in Kentucky

• Large quantity generators in Kentucky 240
• Small quantity generators in Kentucky 461
• Very small quantity generators in Kentucky 943
• Hazardous waste transporters in Kentucky 67
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in Kentucky 11

By county

• Jefferson County 355
• Fayette County 124
• Boone County 100
• Warren County 59
• Kenton County 56
• Daviess County 53
• Mccracken County 38
• Hardin County 37
• Boyd County 35
• Henderson County 34
• Bullitt County 30
• Christian County 30
• Madison County 30
• Campbell County 28
• Marshall County 27
• Franklin County 24
• Clark County 22
• Barren County 20
• Laurel County 20
• Hopkins County 19
• Jessamine County 18
• Pulaski County 18
• Boyle County 17
• Simpson County 17
• Greenup County 16
• Nelson County 16
• Pike County 16
• Mason County 15
• Carroll County 14
• Muhlenberg County 14
• Scott County 14
• Shelby County 14
• Taylor County 14
• Montgomery County 13
• Mercer County 12
• Ohio County 12
• Oldham County 12
• Woodford County 12
• Calloway County 11
• Grayson County 11
• Marion County 11
• Perry County 11
• Russell County 11
• Bell County 9
• Rowan County 9
• Carter County 8
• Anderson County 7
• Hancock County 7
• Knox County 7
• Logan County 7
• Whitley County 7
• Floyd County 6
• Harrison County 6
• Henry County 6
• Johnson County 6
• Livingston County 6
• Meade County 6
• Webster County 6
• Bourbon County 5
• Graves County 5
• Todd County 5
• Union County 5
• Washington County 5
• Adair County 4
• Casey County 4
• Clay County 4
• Cumberland County 4
• Fulton County 4
• Grant County 4
• Harlan County 4
• Lawrence County 4
• Lincoln County 4
• Powell County 4
• Wayne County 4
• Ballard County 3
• Butler County 3
• Caldwell County 3
• Hart County 3
• Larue County 3
• Martin County 3
• Monroe County 3
• Trimble County 3

By industry in Kentucky

• General merchandise retailers 115
• Food and beverage retailers 94
• Chemical manufacturing 87
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 65
• Building material and garden supply stores 59
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 55
• Health and personal care retailers 49
• Utilities 39
• Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 39
• Primary metal manufacturing 39
• Pipeline transportation 37
• Hospitals 36
• Repair and maintenance 36
• Support activities for transportation 35
• Machinery manufacturing 32
• Truck transportation 29
• Food manufacturing 27
• Warehousing and storage 27
• Waste management and remediation 21
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 20
• Educational services 17
• Paper manufacturing 14
• Printing and related support 12
• Wood product manufacturing 11
• Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 11
• Beverage and tobacco manufacturing 10
• Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing 10
• Furniture and related product manufacturing 10
• Rail transportation 10
• Couriers and messengers 10

Inspections and violations in Kentucky, year by year

• Inspections in Kentucky, every year 10 years
• Violations in Kentucky, every year 10 years
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2026 444
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2025 497
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2024 590
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2023 455
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2022 597
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2021 614
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2020 606
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2019 691
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2018 638
• Inspections in Kentucky in 2017 630

By the rule cited in Kentucky

• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 297
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 245
• State requirements broader than federal RCRA (40 CFR XXS) 120
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 100
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 61
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 30
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 21
• Identification of hazardous waste (40 CFR 261) 20
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 17
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 16
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 8
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 8
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 8
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 6
• Specific hazardous wastes and facilities (40 CFR 266) 6
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 4
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 3
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 3
• Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR 268) 3

Other states

Every state with three or more regulated handlers, in alphabetical order.

• AB 2
• Alaska 1,272
• Alabama 5,536
• Arkansas 2,329
• American Samoa 13
• Arizona 3,751
• BC 1
• California 72,740
• Colorado 5,569
• Connecticut 4,805
• District of Columbia 916
• Delaware 1,335
• Florida 24,775
• Georgia 5,076
• Guam 227
• Hawaii 1,431
• Iowa 4,887
• Idaho 1,159
• Illinois 17,701
• Indiana 8,716

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.