Mile 246.5 - LBD - Petro Processors Superfund Site

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

246.5 LBD - Petro Processors Superfund Site

Petro-Processors of Louisiana, Inc. Brooklawn site is located on Brooklawn Drive one and one half miles west of Scenic Highway. From 1969 to 1978 Petro-Processors used the site as a depository for various petrochemical waste products. The Brooklawn site covers approximately 80 acres and includes the Disposal area and an area adjacent to Bayou Baton Rouge. Former disposal areas include lagoons in the batture area and pits in the bluff area.

An estimated 300,000 tons of waste were deposited during operations conducted by PPI. This approximate amount includes 125 K tons of solids, 64,000 tons of sludge and 125,000 tons of liquid waste, of which, 52,000 tons were non-chlorinated organic liquids, 63,000 tons were chlorinated organic liquids and 10,000 tons were aqueous liquids. In July 1980, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against PPI and Industry Defendants, alleging that they disposed of wastes including hazardous substances at the Brooklawn Site and Scenic Site.

The current selected remedial actions at the Brooklawn OU are: Source Reduction in the disposal area; Protective Fill and Biota Monitoring in the Middle Channel of the Bayou Baton Rouge area distributaries; monitored Natural Attenuation of contaminated groundwater; and Administrative Controls.

More Info: http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/pdffiles/petro-pro-la.pdf

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