Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in North Dakota

• 954Handlers
• 29Large quantity generators
• 4TSD facilities
• 309With a recorded violation

North Dakota holds 954 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 51th largest state by handler count. 29 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 35 counties in North Dakota have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in North Dakota

• Large quantity generators in North Dakota 29
• Small quantity generators in North Dakota 95
• Very small quantity generators in North Dakota 806
• Hazardous waste transporters in North Dakota 28
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in North Dakota 4

By county

• Cass County 205
• Burleigh County 104
• Grand Forks County 97
• Williams County 84
• Ward County 65
• Stark County 59
• Mckenzie County 35
• Morton County 32
• Stutsman County 32
• Richland County 24
• Ramsey County 22
• Barnes County 17
• Mountrail County 17
• Walsh County 12
• Dunn County 10
• Mercer County 9
• La Moure County 8
• Pembina County 8
• Mchenry County 7
• Rolette County 7
• Bottineau County 6
• Mclean County 6
• Pierce County 6
• Billings County 5
• Oliver County 5
• Ransom County 5
• Traill County 5
• Eddy County 4
• Emmons County 4
• Foster County 4
• Renville County 4
• Sargent County 4
• Bowman County 3
• Cavalier County 3
• Dickey County 3

By industry in North Dakota

• Repair and maintenance 94
• Motor vehicle and parts dealers 40
• Utilities 26
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 24
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 22
• Machinery manufacturing 20
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 20
• General merchandise retailers 19
• Pipeline transportation 18
• Truck transportation 17
• Educational services 17
• National security and international affairs 15
• Mining support 12
• Couriers and messengers 12
• Specialty trade contractors 11
• Food manufacturing 11
• Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 11
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 11
• Personal and laundry services 9
• Building material and garden supply stores 8
• Hospitals 8
• Heavy and civil engineering construction 7
• Chemical manufacturing 7
• Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 7
• Food and beverage retailers 7
• Oil and gas extraction 6
• Printing and related support 6
• Health and personal care stores 6
• Professional, scientific and technical services 6
• Ambulatory health care services 6

Inspections and violations in North Dakota, year by year

• Inspections in North Dakota, every year 10 years
• Violations in North Dakota, every year 10 years
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2026 53
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2025 50
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2024 48
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2023 48
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2022 65
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2021 52
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2020 65
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2019 41
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2018 40
• Inspections in North Dakota in 2017 36

By the rule cited in North Dakota

• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 163
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 47
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 34
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 22
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 9
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 8
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 7
• Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR 268) 5
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 4

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.