Table 2. California has more major industrial facilities with expired water pollution permits than all but a handful of states.

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Clean Water Report Card for California: Table 2. California has more major industrial facilities with expired water pollution permits than all but a handful of states.

March 1, 2000

Rank	State	Total Major Facilities	Facilities with Expired Permits
1	Texas	582	135
2	Louisiana	247	116
3	Ohio	268	93
4	Indiana	175	81
5	Massachusetts*	148	74
6	California	227	65
7	Oregon	76	51
8	Colorado	102	51
9	New Jersey	168	49
10	North Carolina	216	49
11	Connecticut	117	45
12	Illinois	268	45
13	Michigan	181	44
14	Florida	253	42
15	Washington	89	41
16	Pennsylvania	387	41
17	Nebraska	60	40
18	Virginia	145	40
19	Minnesota	85	37
20	South Carolina	191	37
21	Missouri	146	35
22	Tennessee	152	34
23	Iowa	123	31
24	Alabama	211	28
25	New Hampshire*	62	27
26	Idaho*	66	24
27	Oklahoma	93	23
28	Wisconsin	132	23
29	Maine*	93	22
30	Maryland	100	21
31	New Mexico*	34	20
32	Alaska*	77	18
33	Rhode Island	25	17
34	New York	361	14
35	Arkansas	108	13
36	Arizona*	46	11
37	Kansas	58	11
38	Hawaii	27	10
39	Mississippi	86	10
40	West Virginia	93	10
41	Montana	44	9
42	Nevada	10	7
43	Delaware	24	7
44	South Dakota	31	5
45	District of Columbia*	4	4
46	Vermont	34	4
47	Utah	34	2
48	Kentucky	130	2
49	Georgia	172	2
50	North Dakota	26	0
51	Wyoming	26	0
Total		6,613	1,620

SOURCE: EWG, from U.S. EPA NPDES data, April 2000.
* States whose water pollution permits are handled directly by the EPA.