Company has a recent history of contaminating nearby waterways with heavy metals, but has yet to face any consequences. Written and posted to the LA Illuminator by Wesley Muller - July 18, 2025 5:00 am State environmental regulators have discovered more pollution discharges from the waste containment lakes at the Atlantic Alumina facility near Gramercy, just months after citing the refinery for spewing toxic waste containing arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other heavy metals into state waters. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality conducted a compliance evaluation May 29 at Atlantic Alumina, also known as Atalco, and documented nine violations at…