West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The federal environmental record for West Baton Rouge Parish (population 28,266): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving West Baton Rouge 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)
10 facilities in West Baton Rouge filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.1M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLACID REFINING CO LLC | PORT ALLEN | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms), Hydrogen cyanide | 661k lb |
| SHELL CATALYST & TECHNOLOGIES | PORT ALLEN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Molybdenum trioxide | 169k lb |
| AMLON PORT ALLEN LLC | PORT ALLEN | Vanadium compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 131k lb |
| ADDIS CARBON BLACK PLANT | ADDIS | Carbon disulfide, Hydrogen sulfide | 73k lb |
| SHINTECH LOUISIANA LLC - ADDIS PLANT A | ADDIS | Vinyl chloride, Methanol | 38k lb |
| ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC BATON ROUGE FRACTIONATOR | PORT ALLEN | Propylene, n-Hexane | 19k lb |
| TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP LLC | PORT ALLEN | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 19k lb |
| AZZ GALVANIZING - LOUISIANA LLC | PORT ALLEN | Zinc compounds, Lead | 10k lb |
| EXXONMOBIL ANCHORAGE TANK FARM | PORT ALLEN | 1,3-Butadiene, n-Hexane | 3k lb |
| BP LUBRICANTS USA INC | PORT ALLEN | Zinc compounds | 4 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 134 tank facilities in West Baton Rouge: 102 tanks in service and 293 closed. 40 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LOUISIANA METALSPORT ALLEN
- PORT ALLEN BUTADIENEPORT ALLEN
- PORT ALLEN LOCK MAINTENANCE YARDPORT ALLEN
- SUM-CON LTD./MAGIC KLEAN/PURE SOLVE, INC./SUN-CONPORT ALLEN
- TIGER MARINEPORT ALLEN