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Mobil Oil Company in Guam contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) for the Pacific Islands, asking for information on wave height measurements from buoys or other sources for the Island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. The information was requested to support imminent decisions related to a vessel situation. The NOAA SSC and National Weather Service provided assistance.

Initial Report: At 1723 local time, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service issued Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (image collected 8/25/2025, 1648 UTC) for a location in High Island 170 Block, Gulf of America, approximately 35 miles south-southwest of Sabine Pass. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Texas City contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) to confirm location, jurisdiction, and potential future satellite coverage for vicinity. USCG continues investigation to determine potential source and extent. SSC supporting remotely.

Initial Report: On August 22, 2025, at 1:13 pm CT, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was notified by the Louisiana State Police (LSP) of an explosion and fire from above-ground storage tanks at the Smitty’s Supply Inc. facility located in the Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. According to the LSP, the cause of the explosion is currently unknown. There are several residential properties near the facility, and an evacuation order within a 1-mile radius of the facility has been activated. Within hours of the notification, EPA deployed an EPA on-scene coordinator and technical assistance contractor (START) personnel to the response command post in Roseland to conduct community air monitoring and document the facility’s efforts to secure the release. There are currently 18 EPA employees and contractor staff providing support to the response effort. In addition, EPA's Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) aircraft has been activated and is performing wide-area air screening to support on-the-ground monitoring efforts. EPA is coordinating with multiple agencies and participating in Unified Command with Tangipahoa Parish, the Louisiana State Police, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, the Louisiana Department on Environmental Quality, and the National Weather Service (NWS). RRT 6 was activated on August 26 for technical support after EPA Region 6 assumed lead for response. An ISRT call was conducted on 26 Aug 26 and was attended by NOAA RRT 6 Rep and alternate. No specific requests for support from NOAA OR&R at this time. Impacts are currently restricted to EPA AOR, but waterway (Tangipahoa River) discharges into lake Pontchartrain. Site profile: https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=17038

Initial Report: On 8/18/2025, a discharge from a heating oil tank in the basement of Point Higgins Elementary School, Ketchikan, Alaska was discovered. On 8/21/2025, the discharge volume was upgraded from 200 up to 2,750 gallons. The basement did not contain the spill and fuel is ponding in the surrounding woods and reached the adjacent marine waters (Clover Pass, West Behm Canal).

Initial Report: At 6:30 pm on 30 July, 2025, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Northern Great Lakes notified the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) about a 30 gallon release of hydraulic fluid from the Barge PRESQUE ISLE. Release occurred at 9:45 pm (local time) on 29 July. USCG requesting trajectory.

USCG Sector San Franscisco contacted the SSC regarding an small aircraft crash near Point Pinos, Monterey Bay late on 7/26/2025. The location is in or near the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. NTSB is expected to arrive on-scene later today. Aircraft was a Beechcraft Twin-Engine, with a fuel capacity of up to 180 gallons. An exact location of the crash is currently unknown. USCG requested a fate and trajectory estimate for where oil may be when NTSB arrives onscene, approximately 18 hours after the crash.

Initial Report: On July 25, 2025, the Marine Debris Coordinator for Alaska contacted the Alaska Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) regarding 'a notable amount' of containers or drums containing various household and shipboard chemicals (as best they could tell). A NOAA-grant funded marine debris cleanup team asked for guidance on how to proceed with the containers. The SSC provided some basic safety advice and concerns, and recommended the team move containers that were in good condition, and safe to move, above the high tide line; photograph and document the type and condition of the containers; then report the situation to the National Response Center. The SSC shared a brief situation update to the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Valdez and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

Initial Report: At approximately 1530 on 23 July 2025, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Toledo contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator about an estimated 30-ton spill of oats into the Maumee River. The USCG is looking for information on potential environmental impacts.

Initial Report: At 1730 local time on 21 July 2025, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Memphis contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) regarding an ITV (inspected towing vessel) that ran aground on a dike located at mile marker 526 on the Mississippi River near Lakeport, Arkansas. No discharge has been reported, but the vessel sustained damage near the starboard fuel tank with a capacity of 78,000 gallons of diesel onboard. USCG is requesting a trajectory analysis for a potential WCD (worst case discharge).

The NOAA SSC was notified by WAECY that a dual trailer tanker truck went off road between milepost 238 and 237 of Hwy 101 and into Indian Creek. One trailer is carrying a potential of 3900 gallons of diesel and the other a potential of 6000 gallons of gasoline. The driver has been taken to the hospital. Washington Depart of Ecology (ECY) is enroute. The trucking company is hiring a response cleanup contractor, ETA unknown. Washington State Patrol is on scene and is reporting the truck is currently leaking oil into the river. It is unknown if this is coming from either of the two trailers or the saddle tanks. National Marine Fisheries Service has been notified.