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11/29/2023

WT Staff

Hazardous Spill Log 2023
Sewage - diesel - crude oil spills - rainbow sheen on waterways

Louisiana’s landscape tilts rainfall and runoff southward into the Gulf of Mexico.
Find your location in one of the eight watersheds of the state to see the hazardous spills recorded to date this year


Region 1

The Red River collects rainfall and runoff from 57,000 square miles of northern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas before entering Caddo Parish. The Red River and tributaries gather runoff from Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, the west half of Claiborne Parish, Red River Parish, DeSoto Parish, Nachitoches Parish, the east edge of Sabine Parish, the south half of Winn Parish, the west half of Grant Parish and the northwest corner of Rapides Parish.
Key water bodies include Caddo Lake, Nantachie Lake, Cypress Lake, Bodcau Lake, Swan Lake, Half Moon Lake, Lake Ninock

Spills reported in watershed Region 1
  • July 16 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled onto the ground during a power loss event in Bossier - Barksdale
  • May 8 - unknown amount of motor oil reported spilled deliberately into a ditch near the city lift station on Allen St in Minden - LA
Region 2

The Dugdemona River and its tributaries drain Region 2 down to Catahoula Lake, joining the Red River as it heads down to the Gulf. The northern mid-line of Region 2 features includes flows into the Caney Creek Reservoir on the west side of the drainage basin with Little River taking flows on the eastern side of the basin.
Region 2 includes the southern part of Lincoln Parish, the east side of Bienville Parish, most of Jackson Parish, the majority of Winn Parish to its eastern border, the west half of Caldwell Parish, the east half of Grant Parish, all of Lasalle Parish, most of Catahoula Parish to the south border, all but the northwest corner of Rapides Parish, and the north part of Avoyelles Parish.

Spills reported in watershed Region 2
  • July 17 - unknown amount of unknown material reported spilled into unnamed creek in Olla - LaSalle
  • June 15 - 200 gallons of wastewater slurry reported spilled from a facility treatment center on Fiberboard Rd in Gambling - Lincoln
  • June 12 - unknown amount of sewage reported to be backing up into private yards and running uncontained into the streets on Waldroup Rd Eros - Jackson
Region 3

The Tensas River originates in East Carroll Parish flowing in and out of Lake Providence in northeast Louisiana.  The Tensas drainage basin begins in Arkansas just south of Little Rock and widens out in Louisiana to drain East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish and Tensas Parish on the east side of Region 3.
Ouachita River drains central portion of Region 3, Corney Bayou and tributaries draining the west side.

Spills reported in watershed Region 3
  • Sept 4 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled from a lift station and into the soil due to a power outage on Hemphill Dr in West Monroe - Ouachita - Region 3 3
  • Aug 22 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from a lift station due to over heating fuel pumps on Hwy 165 N in Monroe - LA - Region 3
  • July 31 - unknown amounts of oxidization pond water reported spilled from excess flow causing the pipe to burst on North Village Dr in Ruston - Lincoln
  • July 26 - unknown amount of sewage spilled due to clogged sewer line on East California Ave in Lincoln - Ruston
  • July 26 - unknown amount of sewage spilled due to clogged sewer line on East California Ave in Lincoln - Ruston
  • July 5 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled into the soil after a plumbing service was preformed on South 9th St in Monroe – Ouachita
  • June 29 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled from a lift station on Hwy 139 in Monroe – Ouachita
  • July 10 – unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled on the road and ditch in a residential neighborhood causing bad odors on Dowdy Rd in West Monroe  - Ouachita
  • June 21 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from a malfunctioning lift station on Sundance Dr in Ruston – Lincoln
  • June 21 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from a private septic tank and leaking onto private properties and ditches on Byrde Rd in West Monroe - Ouachita
  • June 21 - unknown amount of sewage reported backing up on private property on Class St in West Monroe - Ouachita
  • June 19 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from a lift station that was clogged by rags on Maison Dr in Monroe - Ouachita
  • June 27 - unknown amount of run off reported from construction of a solar farm on Whitehorn Rd in Oakridge - Morehouse
  • June 16 - unknown amount of mineral oil reported spilled to the soil from fallen regulators on Corbin Ferry Rd in Lake Providence - East Carroll
  • June 6 - unknown amount of pesticides - fertilzer - herbicides and oil reported leaking from a drain onto private property on Golf Course Rd in Bernice - Union - property owner claims fish have died in private pond and a strong odor present
  • June 12 - unknown amount of gasoline reported spilled from an adjacent commercial property gas company on Keystone Rd in Monroe - Ouachita - when heavy rains occur the gas runs onto adjacent private property resulting in dead vegetation - strong odor present
  • June 6 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from an overflowing manhole due to power outage at nearby lift station on Hemphill Dr in West Monroe - Ouachita
  • May 11 - pockets are reported to be erupting at a private residence and releasing sheen along with a strong odor on Hardwood Dr in West Monroe – LA *
  • May 12 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled from an overflowing manhole onto the soil on Harding Dr in Monroe – Ouachita
  • May 3 - unknown amounts of PH wastewater reported spilled from the drain line being dug into on Highway 2 in Ouachita – Sterlington
  • May 1 - unknown amounts of sewage reported to be backing up into a private yard and standing in nearby ditches on Hanna St in Gilbert - Franklin - Plumber who came out to assess problem has determined it to be a city issue
Region 4

Including the western half of DeSoto Parish, all but the eastern-most sliver of Sabine Parish, all of Vernon Parish, the west slice of Rapides Parish, all of Beauregard Parish and the west half of Allen Parish, the vast majority of Calcasieu Parish (the east bit is found in Region 5), the northwest corner of Jefferson Davis Parish and the west half of Cameron Parish.

Spills reported in watershed Region 4
  • Aug 24 - unknown amounts of oil reported spilled on a cattle pond off of Lank Parker Rd in Ragley - Allen - Upon inspection no sheen or odor noted but a brown residue left behind - Region 4
  • Aug 7 - unknown amount of oil reported spilled on the ground killing vegetation off Barkley Dr in Iowa - Calcasieu - contaminated soil was buried
Region 5

Including a large part of Rapides Parish (centre), the south two-thirds of Avoyelles Parish, the west side slice of Pointe Coupee Parish, the eastern-most slice of Allen Parish, all of Evangeline, all of St. Landry, all of Acadia Parishes, the southeast corner of Calcasieu Parish, the majority of Jefferson Davis Parish (south), all of Lafayette Parish, all of St. Martin Parish, the western-most slice of Iberville Parish, the majority of Cameron Parish (east) all of Vermillion Parish, all if not most of Iberia Parish, most of St. Mary Parish.
Here the Mississippi River clears the Old River Works dropping down 22 feet to meet the flow of the Red River, combining to reach one million cubic feet per second flow volume.
From here we have a new river, called Atchafalaya.  This legendary flow deposits sediment from the central plains over the final 150 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.

Spills reported in watershed Region 5
  • Sept 1 - sheen noted from an unknown source in Sidwell - St Tammany
  • Aug 28 - unknown amount of gasoline and diesel reported spilled from a leaking fuel pump on S Roadway in New Orleans - LA- fuel stains on the dock visible but no sheen noted - unnamed waterbody impacted
  • Aug 28 - sheen noted on the surface of an aeration basin at Sucrose Dr Wastewater Treatment Plant on Sucrose Dr - New Iberia - Upon inspection no sheen observed and absorbent pads applied
  • Aug 22 - unknown amount of sewage-wastewater leaking from the wastewater treatment facility for Ramada Inn and Conference Center - New Iberia - Iberia Parish
  • Aug 10 - inspection at St Peter St and Jake St lift stations found one of two pumps non-operational on each site - notice of violation may be issued by DOH - Mamou - Evangeline Parish
  • Aug 4 - sheen noted from an unknown source on Oaks Canal Measuring 30 by 100 ft in Avery Island - Vermilion
  • Aug 2 - unknown amount of contaminated water reported spilled into a ditch on S Rail Rd Ave in Lacassine - LA - dead vegatation in the water
  • July 27 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled in the ditch due to malfuntioning lift station on Church St in Melville - LA
  • July 24 - unknown amounts of gasoline reported spilled in the soil from a truck roll over on Chico Park Rd in Ville Platte - Evangeline
  • July 22 - unknown amounts of sewage reported backing up onto a street due to malfunctioning lift station on Kennedy St in Mamou - Evangeline
  • no new incident reports found for the week of July 3 - 9, 2023
  • May 2 - unknown amounts of crude oil reported spilled from a pinhole leak in a well in Centerville - St Mary
  • May 23 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled from a neighboring yard onto callers yard on Kiki Rd in Maurice – Vermillion
  • May 17 - unknown amounts of manure reported to be washing up from a neighbors property from Bayou Teche on Hwy 347 in St Martinville - LA
Region 6

Including parts of Pointe Coupee Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, the east of Iberville Parish, a tiny corner of Iberia Parish (southeast), a wee slice of west Ascension Parish, all of Assumption Parish, the south parts of St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes, the eastern-most parts of St. Martin and St. Mary Parishes, all of Terrebonne Parish, all of Lafourche Parish, the south half of St. Charles Parish, the south part of Jefferson Parish, the west side of Plaquemines Parish and a tiny corner of Orleans Parish.

Spills reported in watershed Region 6
  • Aug 11 - 30 to 35 gallons of fuel spilled while filling a vessel at Stone Fuel Dock in Port Fouchon - La Fourche Parish - boom and sorbent pads applied Gulf impacted
  • July 7 – Sheen noted in a canal that flows to Lake Pontchartrain on Orphan Ave in New Orleans
  • June 23 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from a contractor running sewage and water drainage to a waterway instead of local sewage on Highland Oaks Ave in Gray - Lafourche
  • May 13 - unknown amounts of oil water reported spilled to water from a leaking slop tank at Dock 1 at Mississippi River in Garyville - St John

 Region 7

Includes parts of West Feliciana, East Feliciana Parishes, all of St. Helena Parish, all of Tangipahoa Parish, all of Washington Parish, all of East Baton Rouge Parish, all of Livingston Parish, all of St. Tammany Parish, part of Iberville Parish, part of Ascension Parish, St. John the Baptist, St. James and St. Charles Parishes.

Spills reported in watershed Region 7
  • Sept 3 - unknown amounts of diesel reported spilled onto the pavement and into a drain from an over filled tank on Sherwood Forest Blvd in Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge - Region 7
  • Sept 1 - sheen noted from an unknown source on an unnamed waterbody in Grand Isle - LA - Region 7
  • Aug 30 - unknown amount of crude oil reported spilled onto the deck of a barge due to broken pressure gage on Ernest Wilson Dr in Port Allen - West Baton Rouge - Region 7
  • Aug 23 - public inquiry made with LDEQ on the status of old dry cleaners - underground storage tanks - gas leak remediation status around the new construction Denham Springs Elementary School in Denham Springs - Livingston Parish
  • Aug 22 - violation notice issued to Gills Market - Tureaus Grocery Deli and Gas Inc for failure to maintain sampling records and failure to submit discharge monitoring reports from July 2019 to Dec 2019, all of 2020, 2021, 2022 to present St Amant - Ascension Parish
  • July 12 - unknown amounts of bleach water and unknown materials were reported spilled on South Sherwood Rd in Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge - Drains impacted *
  • No spills found for the week of July 10th – 16th 2023
  • June 18 - sheen noted at Port Allen coming from a vessel on Ernest Wilson Dr in Port Allen - West Baton Rouge
  • June 29 - unknown amount of sewage reported spilled from an overflowing manhole on Mammoth Ave in Baton Rouge – LA
  • May 11 - unknown amounts of sewage reported spilled from a sewage treatment plant along Highway 22 in Ponchatoula - Tangipahoa - chlorine tablets used and added to everyday operation.
  • May 15 - unknown amounts of aluminum cans reported spilled from a tubing operation which is allowing thousands of aluminum cans to be sunk into the Bogue Chitto River affecting the catfish on Choctaw Rd in Bogalusa – Washington
Region 8

Including parts of St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes
Water Bodies include Lake Pontchartrain, Rigolets Strait, Lake Borgne

Spills reported previously in watershed Region 8
  • July 13 - white sheen noted from an unknown source on Lower Mississippi River on Hwy 23 in Belle Chasse - Plaquemines - Lower Mississippi River impacted
  • June 26 - unknown amount of oil reported to be dumped on the ground from a business on McShane Pl in New Orleans - LA
 End Notes

Spill Emergency: 
Call Louisiana State Police 1-225-925-6595 within 1 hour of the spill incident.

Call LSP HAZ MAT hotline 1-877-925-6595 or 225-925-6595

The hazardous materials hot line is staffed by the Right-to-Know Unit and is the reporting point to the LSP for a chemical spill or emergency. Any transporter, manufacturer, storage facility, or anyone involving the handling of any regulated hazardous material must contact the LSP immediately to report any spillage or threat to public safety.

For spills impacting US Waters call National Response Center (NRC) at 1-800-424-8802
24-hour emergency line staffed by US Coast Guard

An emergency spill situation is defined as any condition that could reasonably be expected to endanger the health and safety of the public or cause significant adverse impact to the environment.

For non-emergency spills:
Call Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 24 hour Hotline 1-225-342-1234
Or, SPOC office line  1-225-219-3640 within 24 hours of the spill, follow up with a written report in 7 days
_DEQ-CustomerServiceCenter@la.gov

Louisiana's oil spill rules generally follow the federal standards.
Any unauthorized spills of one barrel (42 gallons) of oil or more is considered the reportable amount.  These and spills of unknown amount must be reported to DEQ within 24 hours, or in the case of an emergency event, see above, call State Police immediately.
All reportable spills (emergency or not) must be followed up within 7 days with a written report.  Consult with LA DEQ for guidance on detailing your spill incident, check the national requirements for reporting oil spills, and LA release notification requirements.  Seek out information on Spill Prevention Planning.

 “oil” includes but is not limited to: gasoline, crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, lubricating oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with wastes, and any other petroleum related product.

Chemical spills include all toxic substances, note “Any transporter, manufacturer, storage facility, or anyone involving the handling of any regulated hazardous material must contact the LSP immediately to report any spillage or threat to public safety.”  Refer to LA Department of Health Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology page for more information on reporting (https://ldh.la.gov/page/834)

All spills must be cleaned up, whether or not they are reportable.

The OEC Surveillance Division protects the citizens of the state by conducting inspections of permitted and non-permitted facilities, by responding to environmental incidents such as unauthorized releases, spills and citizen complaints, natural disasters, and other emergency situations, by providing compliance assistance to the regulated community when appropriate, by assessing and monitoring air and water quality for compliance with standards, and by promoting case information management for vigorous and timely resolution of issues of non-compliance. 
WTLA gathers spill records data from emergency and non-emergency spill incident reports as released to the public portal by LA DEQ.    Where inspector’s field notes are available, these details are included.
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