Lafourche Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Lafourche Parish (population 95,056): 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
13
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lafourche 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAFOURCHE WATER DISTRICT 1 LA1057001 | PFBA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Lafourche filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 99k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLLINGER FOURCHON NORTH | GOLDEN MEADOW | Xylene (mixed isomers), Propylene | 37k lb |
| DISCOVERY PRODUCER SERVICES:LAROSE CRYOGENIC PLANT | LAROSE | Formaldehyde, n-Hexane | 24k lb |
| NORTH AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING LLC-LAROSE SHIPYARD | LAROSE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Manganese | 11k lb |
| MARTIN TERMINAL SOUTH YARD | GOLDEN MEADOW | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 11k lb |
| HALLIBURTON PORT FOURCHON SOUTH FACILITY | GOLDEN MEADOW | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 9k lb |
| HALLIBURTON PORT FOURCHON NORTH FACILITY | GOLDEN MEADOW | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 4k lb |
| C-PORT 2 LLC | GOLDEN MEADOW | Methanol, Naphthalene | 3k lb |
| C-PORT LLC | GOLDEN MEADOW | Methanol, Toluene | 1k lb |
| JOHN DEERE THIBODAUX | THIBODAUX | Ethylene glycol, Lead | 464 lb |
| BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT LLC | LOCKPORT | Copper, Manganese | 314 lb |
| C-PORT 3 | GOLDEN MEADOW | Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene | 26 lb |
| JOHN W STONE OIL DISTRIBUTION LLC - FOURCHON FUEL DOCK | GOLDEN MEADOW | Naphthalene | 2 lb |
| HALLIBURTON LAROSE GRINDING PLANT | LAROSE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 297 tank facilities in Lafourche: 196 tanks in service and 595 closed. 88 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lafourche 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 Lafourche, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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