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Concordia Parish, Louisiana: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Concordia Parish is 171.7 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. Federal databases place 119 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (37), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (37), Air permit holder (minor source) (19). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 31.3656, -91.7043.

How this county ranks in Louisiana

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Concordia Parish compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Pancreas	Deaths	15.4	11.3	1.36x	9.4 to 24.3	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	171.7	143.2	1.2xSignificant	148.2 to 198	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	20.7	17.9	1.16x	13.1 to 31.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	33.6	30.2	1.11x	23.7 to 46.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	55.8	51.8	1.08x	43.2 to 71.1	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	19.3	18.7	1.03x	12.4 to 28.9	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	14.2	13.9	1.02x	8.6 to 22.7	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	455.1	453.4	1x	416.8 to 496.3	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	14.1	18.5	0.76x	8.2 to 22.9	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	16.9	23.8	0.71x	10 to 27	2019-2023

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Concordia Parish
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	15,586.3	9,842.6	+58%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	70.5	75.3	-6%	years
Child mortality	77.9	59.8	+30%	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	117.8	96.9	+21%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde22.51 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.93 per million
Acetaldehyde2.17 per million
Benzene0.6 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

119 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Industrial wastewater discharge37
NPDES wastewater discharge permit37
Air permit holder (minor source)19
Small hazardous waste generator10
Gas station (mapped facility)6
Public airport4
Major air pollution source1
Brownfield property1
Heliport1
Hydroelectric plant1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Ferriday Wastewater Treatment Facility, Ferriday
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011158264 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.8
Basf Corp - Vidalia Works, Vidalia
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002468008 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.6
Concordia Parish Sewerage District 1, Ridgecrest
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011157835 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Clayton Wastewater Treatment Plant, Clayton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054124327 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Basf Corp - Vidalia Works, Vidalia
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Copper compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid. 45 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 71371LCNDSJUCTI (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.3
Xpress Recycling Inc, Vidalia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043753630 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Rig Masters Inc., Monterey
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069226135 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Tensas Parish Police Jury - Tensas Parish Sanitary Landfill, St. Joseph
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055596564 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Simplot Ab Retail, Inc.- Simplot Grower Solutions: Frogmore(Jonesville), Jonesville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $3,900.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067064535 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Terral Riverservice Inc - Terral Riverservice - Vidalia Facility, Vidalia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071236524 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Historic Concordia Parish Courthouse, Vidalia
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071982820 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Town Of Vidalia Wastewater Treatment Plant, Vidalia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000755861 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Vidalia, Town Of-Vidalia La, Vidalia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064648902 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Scott Petroleum Corporation - Ferriday Bulk Station, Ferriday
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071897368 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Concordia Parish Sewerage District #1 - Ridgecrest Wwtp, Ridgecrest
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit LA0038601: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.6
Tensas Parish Police Jury - Riding Arena, St. Joseph
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013404191 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Lake St John Waterworks District 1, Ferriday
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013692432 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Town Of Clayton, Clayton
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit LA0044644: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.4
Country Estates Mobile Home Pa, Vidalia
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit LAG540246: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.3
Country Estates Mobile Home Pa, Vidalia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009015467 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Plains Pipeline Lp - Canebrake Station, Ferriday
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $5,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110007040184 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Ferriday Maintenace Unit, Ferriday
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013404315 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Monterey Rural Water Treatment Facility, Monterey
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022914113 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Sola Operating Llc - Red River Bay Station, Shaw
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $4,802.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071724064 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Concordia Parish, Vidalia
Public airport. O.
Record ID 0R4 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Concordia Parish

Louisiana state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Concordia Parish, and their findings.
Louisiana vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Louisiana health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Louisiana environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
Louisiana drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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