Orleans Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Orleans Parish (population 364,136): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
16
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
28
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Street Landfill | New Orleans | on the NPL | 12/16/1994 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Orleans 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS LA1071001 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.5 ng/L PFOA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEW ORLEANS CARROLLTON WW LA1071009 | PFBA: 9.1 ng/L PFPeA: 8.8 ng/L HFPO-DA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Orleans filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 6k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC ( NEW ORLEANS LA FACILITY) | NEW ORLEANS | Methanol | 6k lb |
| U.S. GYPSUM CO | NEW ORLEANS | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 46 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 997 tank facilities in Orleans: 456 tanks in service and 2,420 closed. 560 fuel releases are on record, of which 28 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Orleans 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 Orleans, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILLNEW ORLEANS
- FRANKLIN AVENUE DRUMNEW ORLEANS
- FRENCH STREET MYSTERY RELEASENEW ORLEANS
- LOUISIANA LEAD CABLENEW ORLEANS
- LOWERLINENEW ORLEANS
- NEW ORLEAN MERCURY RESPONSENEW ORLEANS
- NEW ORLEANS AREA PARATHION SITESNEW ORLEANS
- NEW ORLEANS MILITARY TERMINALNEW ORLEANS
- NEW ORLEANS NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIONNEW ORLEANS
- SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM/REPLACE NEW ORLEANS VA MEDICAL CENEW ORLEANS
- SOUTHERN FOREST RESEARCH STATION - SSR-4802NEW ORLEANS
- SOUTHERN MINERALITENEW ORLEANS
- US NASA MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITYNEW ORLEANS
- US VA MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS
- USCG INTEGRATED SUPPORT COMMNEW ORLEANS
- USDA ARS LA SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTERNEW ORLEANS