Since the country's hazardous-waste disposal program was launched in 1980, 1,387 seriously polluted dump sites have been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The total includes 362 sites where construction needed to clean up the site has been completed. States with the most sites have substantial industrial development.New Jersey (116 sites) and Pennsylvania (111 sites) lead the nation in sites.
0-10 SITES
Alaska
Hawaii
Mississippi
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Puerto Rico
South Dakota
Virgin Islands
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming
11-25 SITES
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Maine
Missouri
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Utah
26-50 SITES
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Ohio
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
50 OR MORE SITES
California
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
(Source: Environmental Protection Agency, National Priorities List, Aug. 12, 1996)
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)