Editing Colfax, Louisiana (section)

==Economy==
A facility burning explosives and munitions waste first opened in Colfax in 1985, and was licensed in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2016/03/22/rep-brown-rapides-not-being-good-neighbor-grant/82123016/|title=Rep. Brown: Rapides not being 'good neighbor' to Grant|author=Richard P. Sharkey|date=March 22, 2016|publisher=The Alexandria Town Talk|access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> [[Clean Harbors]] acquired it in 2002 from Safety-Kleen. The plant disposes of explosives and munitions waste by open burns from ammunition plants or defense contractors at "at least 42 locations across 22 states". In July 2017 it has been described as "the only commercial facility in the nation" allowed to do so without environmental emissions controls.<ref name=pro>Abrahm Lustgarden [https://www.propublica.org/article/military-pollution-toxic-burns-colfax-louisiana Kaboom Town. The U.S. military burns millions of pounds of munitions in a tiny, African-American corner of Louisiana.] ProPublica, July 21, 201</ref> It has been burning propellant waste from the [[Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant]], 95 miles north.<ref name=pro/><ref>{{cite news|author=Jeff Matthews|date=November 3, 2013|title=Fun ... in a nutshell: La. Pecan Festival in Colfax gets great weather, big crowd|newspaper=[[The Town Talk (Alexandria)|Alexandria Daily Town Talk]]|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20131103/NEWS01/311030027/Fun-nutshell-La-Pecan-Festival-Colfax-gets-great-weather-big-crowd|access-date=November 3, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104095513/http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20131103/NEWS01/311030027/Fun-nutshell-La-Pecan-Festival-Colfax-gets-great-weather-big-crowd|url-status=dead}}</ref>