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Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The federal environmental record for Jefferson Davis Parish (population 31,553): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

1

Superfund NPL sites

3

federal cleanup sites

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

2

TRI facilities

3

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
SBA Shipyard Jenningson the NPL09/09/2016

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Jefferson Davis reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

2 facilities in Jefferson Davis filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 544k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
METALPLATE GALVANIZING L.P.ROANOKEZinc compounds544k lb
JENNINGS BULK PLANTJENNINGSPolycyclic aromatic compounds0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 194 tank facilities in Jefferson Davis: 89 tanks in service and 403 closed. 57 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

  • EVR-WOOD TREATING CO INCJENNINGS
  • FWS-LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGELAKE ARTHUR
  • SBA SHIPYARDJENNINGS