St. John The Baptist Parish, LA
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 St. John The Baptist Parish in Louisiana · Population: 41,342
St. John The Baptist Parish, LA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 12 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 4 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 47/100 (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 10.1M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 3 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 36 and a peak AQI of 105 in 2024, with 89% 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 | 320 (89%) | 37 | 2 | 105 |
| 2023 | 315 (88%) | 39 | 4 | 112 |
| 2022 | 335 (95%) | 16 | 0 | 80 |
| 2021 | 327 (97%) | 8 | 1 | 108 |
| 2020 | 341 (97%) | 10 | 0 | 80 |
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 (4)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ST JOHN WATER DISTRICT 3 | 31,965 | 0 |
| ST JOHN WATER DISTRICT 1 | 10,484 | 12 |
| ST JOHN WATER DISTRICT 2 | 3,702 | 1 |
| PLEASURE BEND WATER SUPPLY | 528 | 36 |
TRI Facilities (12)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dupont Pontchartrain Works | 5.1M lbs |
| 2 | Marathon Petroleum Co LP | 3.6M lbs |
| 3 | Pinnacle Polymers | 489.0K lbs |
| 4 | Denka Performance Elastomer LLC | 427.8K lbs |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr | 129.4K lbs |
| 6 | Evonik Corp | 89.6K lbs |
| 7 | Clariant Corporation - Reserve Site | 71.2K lbs |
| 8 | Mt. Airy Terminal LLC | 63.4K lbs |
| 9 | Nalco Co | 51.3K lbs |
| 10 | Stockhausen Superabsorber LLC | 31.1K lbs |
| 11 | Pvs Dx Inc. | 563 lbs |
| 12 | Championx -- Garyville Facility | 542 lbs |
Cities in St. John The Baptist Parish (4)
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.