Bossier Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Bossier Parish (population 129,795): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
25
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bossier 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.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| TOWN OF BENTON WATER SYSTEM LA1015002 | PFBA: 6.9 ng/L | detected |
| VILLAGE WATER SYSTEM LA1015018 | PFBS: 3.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Bossier filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 7k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLIBURTON BOSSIER CITY FIELD CAMP | BOSSIER CITY | Methanol, Certain glycol ethers | 3k lb |
| SLIGO GAS PLANT | HAUGHTON | n-Hexane, Benzene | 2k lb |
| CALUMET PRINCETON REFINING LLC | PRINCETON | Hydrogen sulfide, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| US DOD USAF BARKSDALE AFB | BARKSDALE AFB | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 64 lb |
| CACTUS WELLHEAD LLC-BOSSIER CITY FACILITY | BOSSIER CITY | Chromium, Copper | 15 lb |
| ARCOSA MARINE COMPONENTS LLC (PLANT - 1080 DBA WINTECH) | BOSSIER CITY | - | 0 lb |
| RED RIVER READY MIX LLC | BOSSIER CITY | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 370 tank facilities in Bossier: 194 tanks in service and 785 closed. 135 fuel releases are on record, of which 25 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bossier 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Bossier, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASEBOSSIER CITY
- BENTON CREOSOTE WORKSBENTON
- HIGHWAY 71/72 REFINERYBOSSIER CITY
- LINCOLN CREOSOTEBOSSIER CITY
- MOSS AMERICAN INC.BOSSIER CITY