Lafourche Parish, LA
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Lafourche Parish in Louisiana · Population: 96,670
Lafourche Parish, LA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 16 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 1 Safe Drinking Water Act system, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 35/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 386.9K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 48 and a peak AQI of 115 in 2024, with 54% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
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.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 197 (54%) | 164 | 1 | 115 |
| 2023 | 153 (42%) | 211 | 1 | 101 |
| 2022 | 238 (68%) | 112 | 1 | 109 |
| 2021 | 204 (59%) | 143 | 0 | 84 |
| 2020 | 212 (58%) | 153 | 1 | 115 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in Louisiana, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (1)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LAFOURCHE WATER DISTRICT 1 | 81,609 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (16)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bollinger Fourchon North | 148.1K lbs |
| 2 | Martin Terminal South Yard | 72.1K lbs |
| 3 | North American Shipbuilding Llc-Larose Shipyard | 63.2K lbs |
| 4 | Discovery Producer Services:larose Cryogenic Plant | 46.3K lbs |
| 5 | C-Port 2 LLC | 18.9K lbs |
| 6 | Halliburton Port Fourchon North Facility | 11.0K lbs |
| 7 | Grand Isle Shipyard Inc | 7.5K lbs |
| 8 | C-Port LLC | 5.7K lbs |
| 9 | Martin Operating Ptnr-Fourchon 15 | 5.3K lbs |
| 10 | Halliburton Port Fourchon South Facility | 3.8K lbs |
| 11 | John Deere Thibodaux | 2.7K lbs |
| 12 | Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC | 2.2K lbs |
| 13 | C-Port 3 | 158 lbs |
| 14 | John W Stone Oil Distribution LLC - Fourchon Fuel Dock | 10 lbs |
| 15 | Halliburton Larose Grinding Plant | 1 lbs |
| 16 | Lebeouf Bros Towing LLC DBA Bourg Dry Dock & Service | 0 lbs |
Cities in Lafourche Parish (6)
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.