Roseland Incident Response Update: October 12, 2025

Progress continues on the Roseland Incident Response. Through Saturday night, we can report the following updates:

Liquid Recovery Totals:

**On Site (Oil and Water): 3,757,152 gallons

**On Site (Grease and Water): 9,996 gallons

**Tangipahoa River (Skimmer): 123,837 gallons

**Tangipahoa River (Marco Boats): 72,744 gallons

**Pond D-1 R1: 1,499,358 gallons

**Pond D-1 R2: 218,316 gallons

**Pond D-1 R3: 563,640 gallons

**Pond D-1 R3 (Rope Mop): 55,440 gallons

**Pond D-1 R4: 575,820 gallons

**Pond D-2: 1,292,655 gallons

**Pond D-3: 1,243,326 gallons

**Pond D-3 (Underflow): 30,240 gallons

**Pond D-4: 600,117 gallons

**Pond C-2: 68,460 gallons

**Hwy 10 Bridge: 154,980 gallons

**Hwy 10 Ditch: 224,700 gallons

**Hwy 10 Underflow: 5,922 gallons

Total: 10,496,703 gallons recovered to date

Recovery occurred at six recovery points on Ponds D-1, D-2, and D-3 overnight on Saturday.
EPA is using multiple skimmers to maximize efficiency in recovery, including felt drum skimmers and rope mop skimmers. There were 21 skimmers operating overnight.
A total of 11 vacuum trucks operated overnight Saturday at the ponds for oily waste recovery. Total estimated volume of recovery based on 30 truckloads is 75,600 gallons.
The Facility Branch continued decanting operations to Pond D-4.
On Sunday, October 12, EPA will hold office hours at the Hammond Air Show and the House on the Rock Church in Amite.

LDEQ continues to conduct ambient air monitoring with the Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory near the Ponchatoula Fire Department. There has been no change in air monitoring readings through early Friday.

The U.S. EPA South Central Region has updated the Smitty’s Supply Fire Hub site with water sampling results and data tables. The link to that site is available here >>> https://smittys-plant-fire-epa.hub.arcgis.com/pages/monitoring-and-sampling~7f3958a0521a45119d9666c32a24605c