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Allen Parish, LA

The federal environmental record for Allen Parish (population 22,112): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

0

Superfund NPL sites

1

federal cleanup sites

1

PFAS-detecting water systems

3

TRI facilities

1

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving Allen with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.

SystemHighest resultsReading
SOUTHWEST ALLEN WW DISTRICT NO 2

LA1003009

PFBA: 5.8 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

3 facilities in Allen filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 26k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS-OAKDALE OPERATIONSOAKDALEMethanol25k lb
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX OAKDALE LOUSIANAOAKDALELead846 lb
OAKDALE OSB PLANTOAKDALELead And Lead Compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds809 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 135 tank facilities in Allen: 66 tanks in service and 297 closed. 23 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Allen as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.

The record for one specific address

County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Allen, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

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