Ascension Parish, LA

High Risk (65/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.

Environmental data for Ascension Parish in Louisiana

Ascension Parish, LA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 29 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 24 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 65/100 (High Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 121.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 10 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
29
Water Systems
24
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
121.3M lbs

Water Systems (24)

System Population Violations
CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM 16,806 0
PARISH UTILITIES OF ASCENSION 9,732 13
ASCENSION CONSOLIDATED UTILITY DIST 1 2,229 34
DIVERSION WATER- WATER FRONT WEST 1,548 0
DIVERSION WATER RIVER HIGHLANDS 1,356 0
DIVERSION WATER - TERRY HARBOR CAMPSITES 969 0
FAIRVIEW MOBILE ESTATES NORTH WS 669 2
DIVERSION WATER - MONTROSE SUBDIVISION 591 0
DIVERSION WATER - BAYOU ESTATES 450 0
FAIRVIEW MOBILE ESTATES SOUTH WS 378 1
DIVERSION WATER - CHINQUAPIN 327 0
DIVERSION WATER - OLD MILL SETTLEMENT 246 0
DIVERSION WATER - STONEHILL 225 0
CHAHTA MOBILE HOME PARK 180 2
DIVERSION WATER - CYPRESS POINT 114 0
DIVERSION WATER - CYPRESS LAKES 111 0
JIMMY BABIN APARTMENTS 96 4
DIVERSION WATER- OLIVIA ROSE 96 0
BIG BRANCH TRAILER PARK 92 3
FAMILY COURT MOBILE HOME PARK 80 10
TREYVILLE COURTS TRAILER PARK 69 1
DIVERSION WATER - RIVER RUN ESTATES 69 0
ST AMANT TRAILER PARK 69 0
SALT BAYOU KAMPGROUND - VISTA SITES 25 3

TRI Facilities (29)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Cf Industries Nitrogen LLC 51.6M lbs
2 Rubicon LLC 37.3M lbs
3 Basf Corp 8.8M lbs
4 Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer LP 6.1M lbs
5 Lion Copolymer Geismar LLC 5.5M lbs
6 Methanex USA Services LLC 5.1M lbs
7 Shell Chemical LP 1.7M lbs
8 Honeywell International Inc Geismar Plant 1.2M lbs
9 Occidental Chemical Holding Corp - Geismar Plant 1.1M lbs
10 Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC 836.2K lbs
11 Westlake Vinyls Co 700.7K lbs
12 Innophos Inc 568.0K lbs
13 Hexion Inc 289.2K lbs
14 Linde Geismar Facility 274.7K lbs
15 Geismar Fractination Plant 117.1K lbs
16 Basf North Geismar Site 51.4K lbs
17 Nexpera Burnside Facility 44.6K lbs
18 Riverside Fractionation Plant 25.8K lbs
19 Reg Geismar LLC 12.1K lbs
20 Almatis Burnside Inc 8.8K lbs
21 Tebone Fractionation Plant 3.4K lbs
22 Univar Solutions Geismar Ge 2.5K lbs
23 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 26 lbs
24 Praxair Inc - Praxair Geismar Ssu Plant 9 lbs
25 Geismar Fabrication Facility 2 lbs
26 Sun Coast Resources LLC 1 lbs
27 Airgas USA LLC 0 lbs
28 Multi-Chem Group Geismar la Facility 0 lbs
29 Holcim-Sor Inc.-Gonazales 0 lbs

Cities in Ascension Parish (5)

Donaldsonville
Pop: -
2 facilities · 2 water
Darrow
Pop: -
1 facilities · 0 water
Geismar
Pop: -
23 facilities · 0 water
Burnside
Pop: -
1 facilities · 0 water
Gonzales
Pop: -
1 facilities · 2 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Ascension Parish, Louisiana?
Ascension Parish, LA has an environmental risk score of 65/100 (High Risk), based on 29 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 24 water systems on record. 10 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Ascension Parish?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Ascension Parish, LA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Ascension Parish?
Ascension Parish, LA has 29 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 121.3M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Ascension Parish?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Ascension Parish, LA. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Ascension Parish?
Ascension Parish, LA has 24 EPA-regulated water systems. 10 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Ascension Parish?
Environmental compliance in Ascension Parish, Louisiana is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Louisiana state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial