Skip to content

States / Louisiana

Lafayette Parish, LA

The federal environmental record for Lafayette Parish (population 249,750): 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

0

PFAS-detecting water systems

17

TRI facilities

31

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

No public water system serving Lafayette 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)

17 facilities in Lafayette filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 154k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
M-I LLCBROUSSARDEthylene glycol, Methanol95k lb
CHAMPIONX-SCOTTSCOTTAmmonia, Methanol30k lb
CLARIANT CORP - BROUSSARD SITEBROUSSARDMethanol, Toluene9k lb
SEASAFE INCLAFAYETTEStyrene8k lb
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA LLCCARENCROMethanol, Xylene (mixed isomers)6k lb
AMCOL HEALTH & BEAUTY SOLUTIONS INCLAFAYETTEToluene4k lb
STULLER INC.LAFAYETTEAmmonia829 lb
EVONIK CORPLAFAYETTEMolybdenum trioxide, Nickel compounds822 lb
DEEP SOUTH CHEMICAL INCBROUSSARDMethanol, Xylene (mixed isomers)617 lb
PREMIER CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCLAFAYETTEMethanol, Xylene (mixed isomers)70 lb
HALLIBURTON LAFAYETTE MANUFACTURINGLAFAYETTENickel, Chromium21 lb
TOMAHAWK DOWNHOLE LLCBROUSSARDNickel, Chromium20 lb
M & M INTERNATIONAL LLCBROUSSARDNickel, Chromium10 lb
SUN COAST RESOURCES LLCBROUSSARDPolycyclic aromatic compounds0 lb
NEW DAIRY LOUISIANA LLCLAFAYETTE-0 lb
BALMAR LLCLAFAYETTE-0 lb
BODYCOTE THERMAL PROCESSING INC. - LAFAYETTELAFAYETTE-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 802 tank facilities in Lafayette: 428 tanks in service and 1,543 closed. 291 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps Lafayette 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 - $39

All federal cleanup sites on file

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

  • OMNI CRAFTLAFAYETTE