Table 2 Total prosecutions by state by major federal environmental law, 2001–2011

From: Red state, blue state, green state: analysing the geography of federal environmental crime prosecutions within and across the U.S. states

State

CAA

CWA

CERCLA

FIFRA

RCRA

TSCA

BIRD

AK

1

3

0

0

0

0

1

AL

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

AR

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

AZ

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

CA

10

29

2

6

11

0

0

CO

3

5

0

0

1

0

0

CT

3

6

0

0

0

2

0

DE

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

FL

8

10

0

1

2

0

1

GA

1

2

0

0

2

0

1

HI

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

IA

1

6

0

0

2

0

0

ID

1

9

0

1

3

0

0

IL

5

7

0

1

4

1

2

IN

2

10

0

1

3

0

0

KS

0

5

1

0

2

0

0

KY

0

8

0

10

0

0

6

LA

4

15

0

1

0

0

0

MA

0

3

1

0

1

0

1

MD

1

4

0

1

1

1

0

ME

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

MI

2

4

0

1

4

1

0

MN

1

9

0

0

2

0

0

MO

5

17

0

5

6

5

2

MS

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

MT

0

6

0

0

1

0

0

NC

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

ND

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

NE

0

3

0

2

0

1

0

NH

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

NJ

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

NM

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

NV

10

3

0

0

0

2

0

NY

29

9

3

0

6

5

0

OH

8

22

0

1

1

0

3

OK

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

OR

2

7

0

0

4

0

0

PA

8

10

0

0

4

3

0

RI

0

0

0

2

3

0

1

SC

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TN

1

10

0

2

7

0

3

TX

5

6

0

0

7

0

0

UT

3

4

0

1

2

0

1

VA

3

9

0

0

2

0

0

VT

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

WA

1

6

0

0

2

0

0

WI

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

WV

2

11

1

0

7

1

0

WY

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Total

129

282

8

38

99

22

23

  1. Grand total: 622.
  2. Source: EPA, Summary of Criminal Prosecutions Database.