EPA FRS: Inactive Hazardous Waste Facility Locations

A geospatial dataset from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Facility Registry Service (FRS) identifying inactive hazardous waste facilities. The data integrates information from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo), which tracks generators, transporters, and disposers of hazardous waste. This subset contains facilities that were integrated into FRS and are now inactive, last updated on April 14, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map historical locations of inactive hazardous waste facilities based on geospatial location data.
• Analyze regulatory compliance trends for waste generators and disposers based on facility linkage to RCRAInfo.
• Support environmental justice studies by cross-referencing facility data with demographic information.
• Conduct longitudinal studies on hazardous waste facility lifecycles based on active/inactive status tracking.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. EPA Facility Registry Service, which integrates multiple federal and state sources.
• Includes facilities subject to major environmental regulations (RCRA of 1976 and HSWA of 1984).
• Last updated on 2026-04-14, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or regulatory bias inherent to the source systems.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Collection Method

Integrated from EPA's RCRAInfo system and other federal, state, and tribal master facility records via the Facility Registry Service.

Time Range

Covers facilities regulated under RCRA (1976) and HSWA (1984), with inactive status.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 19:48:03.597414.

Geography

United States, covering facilities of environmental interest subject to federal regulation.