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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
| State Police # | No Information Given |
| Accident Date | 2005-05-03 |
| Report Date | 2005-05-06 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Carbon Monoxide | 6 hours | PCLA-3 | NO | YES | NO | 3,995.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Cause of Problem: Instrument Failure
a leak on the fractionator tower at PCLA-3, unit had to be shut down for repair, the unit temperature caused the carbon monoxide to exceed the maximum concentration allowe
Discharge Preventable - No
Notes/Remedial Actions
the temperature in the regenerator was increased to push higher temperature gas to the furnace, which reduced the formation of carbon monoxide; the report stated that this was not preventable because the new regulation requires more experience to meet the limits and it was not known there was a problem with the furnace burne
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