Roseland Incident Response Update: September 23, 2025

 

 

Liquid Recovery Totals through Tuesday morning include:

**On Site (Oil and Water): 3,285,534 gallons

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

**Tangipahoa River (Skimmer): 104,097 gallons

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

**Pond D-1: 626,766 gallons

**Pond D-2: 580,986 gallons

**Pond D-3: 495,894 gallons

**Pond D-4: 113,316 gallons

**Pond C-2: 51,870 gallons

**Hwy 10 Bridge: 127,680 gallons

**Hwy 10 Ditch: 3,780

**Hwy 10 Underflow: 4,410

Total: 5,477,073 gallons recovered to date

 

 

 

On Monday, the frac tank farm that was located north of the facility footprint moved to the Smitty’s site. This is a preliminary step toward reopening US 51.

 

 

Recovery operations continue on ponds and the Tangipahoa River. On site security is in place.

 

 

Flushing along the river continues from north to south.

 

 

To date, 2,068,000 gallons have been shipped off site for disposal.

 

 

UPDATE: The EPA will hold an “office hours” event TODAY (Tuesday, Sept. 23) from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Ponchatoula Library (located at 380 N. 5th Street in Ponchatoula). The Lee’s Landing office hours event that was scheduled for today has been canceled.

 

 

Five of the empty rail cars east of the facility footprint will be removed by the railway today. Efforts continue to expedite the removal of other railcars from the site.

 

 

The last of the vehicles which were burned during the fire at the Smitty’s site have been identified.

 

 

 

EPA has shared before and after photos of their work in the Tangipahoa River. Go to >> https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5df816961e554cf5a680726f7efa7bb6/page/Page?views=Serenity-Sands and click on the top navigation links to see images from Serenity Sands, Highway 22, the “River Collection Point,” and Lee’s Landing.

 

 

EPA’s hubsite: https://smittys-plant-fire-epa.hub.arcgis.com/

 

DHH Water Results: https://sdw.ldh.la.gov/ChemResults