List of Superfund sites in Louisiana
This is a list of Superfund sites in Louisiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.[1] These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] As of May 3, 2010, there were nine Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Louisiana.[2] Three more sites have been proposed for entry on the list and eleven others have been cleaned up and removed from it.[2]
Superfund sites
- Proposed for addition to National Priorities List
- Deleted from National Priorities List
| CERCLIS ID | Name | Parish | Reason | Proposed | Listed[3] | Construction completed[4] |
Partially deleted[5] |
Deleted[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD981056997 | Agriculture Street Landfill | Orleans | A former city disposal area was partially redeveloped, with around 390 houses. Groundwater, which is not used by humans, is contaminated by metals. Soil is contaminated by lead, arsenic and carcinogenic PAHs. Contaminated topsoil has been removed and subsoil and waste has been capped.[7][8][9] | 08/23/1994 | 12/16/1994 | 04/02/2002 | 06/15/2000 | – |
| LAD000239814 | American Creosote Works, Inc. (Winn Parish) | Winn | Soil and groundwater contamination by PCP, carcinogenic PAHs and creosote.[10] | 02/07/1992 | 14/10/1992 | 06/04/1999 | – | – |
| LAD980745632 | Bayou Bonfouca | St. Tammany | Former wood treatment operations caused severe creosote and PAH contamination of the bayou and its sediments. Approximately 1.5 miles of the bayou were rendered biologically sterile and divers suffered second-degree chemical burns from the contamination.[11] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/30/1997 | – | – |
| LAD980745541 | Bayou Sorrel Site | Iberville | Soil and sediments were contaminated by the dumping of process wastes from pesticide and herbicide manufacturing, sulfide-contaminated waste from hydrocarbon processing and exploration and spent wash from industrial equipment cleaning.[12] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 05/26/1992 | – | 09/29/1997 |
| LAD008187940 | Central Wood Preserving Co. | East Feliciana | Soil and sediment contamination by arsenic, copper, chromium and creosote from former wood treatment operations.[13] | 01/19/1999 | 05/10/1999 | 09/08/2004 | – | 09/18/2009 |
| LAD980501456 | Cleve Reber | Ascension | Former municipal and industrial landfill site had exposed, deteriorating and possibly exploded drums containing sulfur, asphalt, tars, plastics, and oily wastes including hexachlorobenzene and hexachlorobutadiene. The site also contained further buried drums, four ponds and piles of solid waste. Groundwater was contaminated and there was potential for contamination of the deep drinking water aquifer.[14][15] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 12/31/1996 | – | 12/30/1997 |
| LAD072606627 | Combustion, Inc. | Livingston | A former waste oil recycling facility contained above- and below-ground storage tanks, associated buildings and storage ponds. Groundwater is contaminated by VOCs. Contaminated soil and wastes from tanks and buildings have been removed, the tanks and buildings have been demolished and contaminated surface water has been treated and discharged.[16] | 06/20/1986 06/24/1988 | 08/30/1990 | 06/26/2006 | – | – |
| LAD052510344 | Delatte Metals | Tangipahoa | Soil contamination by lead from former battery recycling operations. Groundwater contamination by lead and acid does not affect underlying drinking water aquifer.[17] | 07/28/1988 | 01/19/1999 | 09/22/2003 | – | 08/08/2005 |
| LAD981155872 | Devil's Swamp Lake | East Baton Rouge | Lakewater and a drainage ditch leading to a former industrial site are contaminated by PCBs.[18] | 03/08/2004 | – | – | – | – |
| LAD981058019 | D.L. Mud, Inc. | Vermilion | Soil and sludges were contaminated by barium, mercury, chromium, arsenic, lead, zinc and petroleum-related hydrocarbons from a former drilling mud processing facility.[19] | 06/24/1988 | 10/04/1989 | 06/30/1999 | – | 03/07/2000 |
| LAD980879449 | Dutchtown Treatment Plant | Ascension | Waste oil, soil and surface water were contaminated by benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene and lead. Waste oil has been removed and incinerated, surface water has been treated and soil has been washed and stabilized.[20] | 01/22/1987 | 07/22/1987 | 01/12/1998 | – | 11/16/1999 |
| LAD980750137 | Gulf Coast Vacuum Services | Vermilion | Sludge and shallow groundwater was contaminated by benzene, toluene, mercury, lead, chromium, arsenic, barium and various organic compounds. Soil was contaminated by arsenic and barium.[21] | 06/24/1988 | 03/31/1989 | 09/20/1999 | – | 07/23/2001 |
| LAD985169317 | Gulf State Utilities-North Ryan Street | Calcasieu | River sediments contaminated by PAHs from coal gasification operations and site soil contaminated by PAHs, VOCs and PCBs from coal gasification and former landfill activities.[22] | 02/13/1995 | – | – | – | – |
| LAD981054075 | Highway 71/72 (Old Citgo) Refinery | Bossier | A former oil refinery site has been redeveloped. Soil contaminated by lead has been removed from the site. Benzene contamination of indoor air in some properties has been rectified. Groundwater is contaminated by a light non-aqueous phase liquid layer.[23] | 02/13/1995 | – | – | – | – |
| LAD981054075 | Lincoln Creosote | Bossier | Soil contamination by creosote-related PAHs, semi-volatile organic compounds, PCP, chromium, copper and arsenic has been remediated by replacing the contaminated soil with clean soil.[24] | 01/18/1994 | Withdrawn 07/28/1998 | – | – | – |
| LA0213820533 | Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant | Webster | Groundwater is contaminated with RDX and TNT. Contaminated soils and sludges have been incinerated but there is the possibility of soil contamination by VOCs, explosives and metals in other areas of the plant.[25] | 10/15/1984 | 03/13/1989 | – | – | – |
| LAD981522998 | Madisonville Creosote Works | St. Tammany | Soil and groundwater contamination by PAHs from a defunct wood treatment facility. Over 12,000 gallons of creosote have so far been recovered from a dense non-aqueous phase liquid layer below the site.[26] | 06/17/1996 | 12/23/1996 | 06/16/2000 | – | – |
| LA0000187518 | Mallard Bay Landing Bulk Plant | Cameron | Waste sludge in tanks at an inactive oil refinery and storage facility contained elevated levels of VOCs and heavy metals and nearby wetland sediment was contaminated by heavy metals. The site has been dismantled, waste sludges have been incinerated and contaminated soil and sediments have been disposed of appropriately.[27] | 05/11/2000 | 07/27/2000 | 09/18/2003 | – | 09/19/2005 |
| LAD008473142 | Marion Pressure Treating | Union | Creosote waste was removed from the site of a former wood treatment facility in 1997 and contaminated soil and debris was placed in a containment area on site and made safe. However, erosion now threatens the containment area. Low-level soil and creek sediment PAH contamination may remain.[28] | 01/22/1999 | 02/04/2000 | – | – | – |
| LAD980745533 | Old Inger Oil Refinery | Ascension | Soil, waste oil sludges and on-site surface water were contaminated by VOCs, PAHs and heavy metals from oil refinery waste processing and a spill that caused the site to be abandoned.[29][30] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/12/2006 | – | 08/12/2008 |
| LAD980749139 | PAB Oil & Chemical Service, Inc. | Vermilion | A disposal facility for drilling mud and other oilfield waste contained soil, sludges, surface water and sediments contaminated with elevated levels of barium, arsenic and PAHs.[31] | 06/24/1988 | 3/31/1989 | 08/28/1998 | – | 01/03/2000 |
| LAD057482713 | Petro-Processors of Louisiana, Inc. | East Baton Rouge | Soil, surface water and sediments at two petrochemical waste disposal sites contaminated by chlorinated hydrocarbons, PAHs, heavy metals and oils. Groundwater was contaminated by a significant non-aqueous phase liquid layer, from which nearly one million gallons of organic compounds were recovered.[32] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 07/31/2003 | – | – |
| LAD985185107 | Ruston Foundry | Rapides | Soil and slag contaminated by lead and antimony and asbestos-containing material waste have been removed to a hazardous waste landfill site. [33] | 01/19/1999 | 05/10/1999 | 09/03/2008 | – | – |
| LAD008149015 | Southern Shipbuilding | St. Tammany | Soil was contaminated by lead, copper and other metals, PAHs, PCBs and asbestos. Sludges were contaminated by PAHs and sediments by tributyl tin. Surface water contamination was below levels requiring cleanup.[34] | 02/13/1995 | 05/26/1995 | 09/15/1997 | – | 06/16/1998 |
See also
- List of Superfund sites in the United States
- List of environmental issues
- List of waste types
- TOXMAP
References
- P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601–9675), December 11, 1980.
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- "Final NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
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- "Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund site progress profile". EPA. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- "Agriculture Street Landfill NPL partial site deletion narrative". EPA. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- "American Creosote Works, Inc. (Winn Parish)" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Bayou Bonfouca" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Bayou Sorrel Site" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Central Wood Preserving Co" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Cleve Reber" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- "NPL Site Narrative for Cleve Reber". Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- "Combustion, Inc" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Dalatte Metals" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Devil's Swamp Lake" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "D.L. Mud, Inc" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Dutchtown Treatment Plant" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Gulf Coast Vacuum Services" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Gulf State Utilities-North Ryan Street" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Highway 71/72 (Old Citgo) Refinery" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Lincoln Creosote" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Madisonville Creosote Works" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Mallard Bay Landing Bulk Plant" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Marion Pressure Treating" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Old Inger Oil Refinery" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Old Inger Oil Refinery site progress profile" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "PAB Oil & Chemical Service, Inc" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Petro-Processors of Louisiana, Inc" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Ruston Foundry" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- "Southern Shipbuilding" (PDF). EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
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