Superfund Site
Occidental Chemical
Hwy 18 River Road, Taft, LA 70057
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Occidental Chemical is a superfund site located at Hwy 18 River Road, Taft, LA 70057. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Occidental Chemical because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Occidental Chemical is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
