Tables for Field Test Releases in the U.S.

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Tables for Field Test Releases in the U.S. Tables for Field Test Releases in the U.S.

All Tables Updated November 20, 2009

Background

Field Test Information

Status of Field Test Permits by State

Permits Approved (Issued or Acknowledged)

Ranking	State	# Issued or Acknowledged
1	Hawaii	2,456
2	Illinois	2,398
3	Puerto Rico	2,222
4	Iowa	1,991
5	California	1,556
6	Indiana	1,119
7	Nebraska	1,012
8	Minnesota	904
9	Florida	852
10	Wisconsin	814
11	Texas	693
12	Mississippi	629
13	Idaho	613
14	Missouri	612
15	Kansas	562
16	Georgia	515
17	North Carolina	501
18	Ohio	500
19	Michigan	493
20	South Carolina	485
21	Arkansas	463
22	Maryland	419
23	North Dakota	410
24	Oregon	386
25	Tennessee	384
26	Arizona	382
27	Washington	353
28	Louisiana	346
29	South Dakota	329
30	New York	317
31	Alabama	314
32	Connecticut	292
33	Delaware	274
34	Pennsylvania	271
35	Colorado	269
36	Kentucky	258
37	New Jersey	203
38	Virginia	201
39	Montana	158
40	Maine	144
41	Oklahoma	132
42	New Mexico	47
43	Utah	36
44	Wyoming	31
45	Massachusetts	19
46	Virgin Islands	19
47	West Virginia	18
48	Rhode Island	11
49	Alaska	6
50	Northern Mariana Islands	3
51		3
52	Nevada	2

Permits Denied

Ranking	State	# Denied
1	Hawaii	88
2	California	73
3	Puerto Rico	58
4	Illinois	52
5	Iowa	42
6	New York	33
7	Florida	31
8	Wisconsin	28
9	Oregon	27
10	Idaho	27
11	North Carolina	26
12	Indiana	23
13	Texas	22
14	Minnesota	20
15	Michigan	20
16	Pennsylvania	18
17	Washington	17
18	New Jersey	16
19	Connecticut	15
20	Georgia	14
21	Kentucky	14
22	Missouri	12
23	Tennessee	12
24	Mississippi	12
25	Nebraska	11
26	Ohio	11
27	Maine	11
28	Louisiana	10
29	North Dakota	10
30	Arkansas	9
31	Montana	9
32	Kansas	9
33	Alabama	8
34	Arizona	8
35	Virginia	6
36	Maryland	5
37	Oklahoma	5
38	Colorado	5
39	Delaware	4
40	South Dakota	4
41	West Virginia	4
42	Utah	3
43	Rhode Island	3
44	Massachusetts	3
45	Virgin Islands	2
46	South Carolina	2
47	Northern Mariana Islands	1
48		1

Permits Withdrawn

Ranking State # Withdrawn

1 Hawaii 84

2 Iowa 74

3 Illinois 74

4 Puerto Rico 68

5 California 66

6 Indiana 37

7 Texas 33

8 Minnesota 31

9 Michigan 30

10 Mississippi 28

11 Georgia 27

12 Missouri 27

13 Wisconsin 26

14 Nebraska 25

15 Florida 23

16 Arkansas 22

17 Maryland 22

18 Ohio 20

19 Washington 19

20 North Carolina 18

21 Oregon 17

22 North Dakota 17

23 Idaho 16

24 Tennessee 16

25 Arizona 15

26 Colorado 14

27 New York 13

28 Kentucky 13

29 Kansas 13

30 South Dakota 11

31 Alabama 11

32 Montana 11

33 Pennsylvania 8

34 Louisiana 8

35 Delaware 7

36 South Carolina 6

37 Maine 5

38 Virginia 5

39 Oklahoma 4

40 Utah 3

41 Nevada 3

42 Connecticut 3

43 West Virginia 2

44 New Mexico 2

45 New Jersey 2

46 Wyoming 2

47 Rhode Island 2

48 Massachusetts 1

50 Vermont 1

51 1

52 Alaska 1

53 New Hampshire 1

Permits Voided

Ranking State # Void

Permits Pending

Ranking State # Pending

1 Puerto Rico 10

2 Hawaii 10

3 Illinois 8

4 Iowa 5

5 California 4

6 Florida 4

7 Kansas 3

8 South Carolina 3

9 Delaware 2

10 Georgia 2

11 Idaho 2

12 Alabama 2

13 Maryland 2

14 Minnesota 2

15 Mississippi 2

16 Washington 2

17 Wisconsin 1

18 Missouri 1

19 Indiana 1

20 North Carolina 1

21 North Dakota 1

22 New York 1

23 Ohio 1

24 Texas 1

25 Utah 1

26 Arizona 1

27 Arkansas 1

28 Louisiana 1