Rapides Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for Rapides Parish (population 126,260): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruston Foundry | Alexandria | deleted | 05/10/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Rapides 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)
12 facilities in Rapides filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 349k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAME ENERGY CENTER | LENA | Hydrogen fluoride, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 276k lb |
| BOISE CASCADE WOOD PRODUCTS ALEXANDRIA EWP | LENA | Methanol | 37k lb |
| STELLA-JONES CORP | ALEXANDRIA | Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 11k lb |
| STELLA-JONES CORP | PINEVILLE | Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 10k lb |
| HEXION INC - ALEXANDRIA PLANT | ALEXANDRIA | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 7k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD-CAMP BEAUREGARD RANGE(S) | PINEVILLE | Lead | 6k lb |
| UNION TANK CAR - ALEXANDRIA MANUFACTURING FACILITY | ALEXANDRIA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Manganese | 669 lb |
| ECLECTIC PRODUCTS LLC | PINEVILLE | Toluene, Tetrachloroethylene | 627 lb |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO ALEXANDRIA PLANT | PINEVILLE | Hydrogen sulfide, Lead compounds | 350 lb |
| RIVER CITY READY MIX - ALEXANDRIA READY MIX PLANT #1 | ALEXANDRIA | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO LLC | PINEVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| RINKER ALEXANDRIA PIPE | ALEXANDRIA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 640 tank facilities in Rapides: 367 tanks in service and 1,388 closed. 134 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rapides 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 Rapides, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AEX ARSRALEXANDRIA
- CITY OF ALEXANDRIAALEXANDRIA
- COLFAX TREATING CO LLCPINEVILLE
- ENGLAND AIR FORCE BASEALEXANDRIA
- ROY O. MARTINALEXANDRIA
- RUSTON FOUNDRYALEXANDRIA
- U.S. ARMY, INTERMEDIATE STAGING BASEALEXANDRIA
- VA MEDICAL CENTER ALEXANDRIAPINEVILLE