Hazardous waste · inspections by year

General merchandise retailers inspected in West Virginia in 2022

• 15Handlers inspected
• 15Inspections on record
• 8Handlers inspected in 2021
• 3rdAmong West Virginia counties that year

West Virginia has 15 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2022, across 15 separate inspections. That compares with 8 in 2021. It is the 3rd largest of the 29 West Virginia counties with three or more handlers inspected that year. Each row below carries the date the inspection was recorded, the agency that recorded it and the kind of inspection it was.

Other years

• 2017 4
• 2018 5
• 2019 3
• 2020 4
• 2021 8
• 2022 15
• 2023 5
• 2024 3

Comparable cuts in West Virginia, 2022

• Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 4
• Primary metal manufacturing 5
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 9
• Machinery manufacturing 7
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 8
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 3
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 5
• Motor vehicle and parts dealers 10
• Building material and garden supply stores 5
• Food and beverage retailers 3
• Gasoline stations and fuel dealers 8
• Truck transportation 4
• Pipeline transportation 9
• Support activities for transportation 7
• Couriers and messengers 7
• Professional, scientific and technical services 4
• Administrative and support services 4
• Waste management and remediation 10
• Educational services 3
• Hospitals 10

Inspections recorded in 2022

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.