Smitty’s Supply pumps out stormwater without approval from all required agencies

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 1,211

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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ROSELAND — A petroleum products plant that exploded in August might have missed a step in the approval process before it began pumping millions of gallons of treated water last week into a ditch that drains to the Tangipahoa River.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality granted a “short-term and emergency discharges” permit Feb. 6 to Smitty’s Supply Inc. in Roseland. After samples of the treated stormwater runoff from the facility passed a toxicity test, …

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