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Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
State Police # | 05-06410 |
Accident Date | 2005-09-14 |
Report Date | 2005-09-21 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Nitrogen Oxide | 33 minutes | FLARE- Alkylation Unit | NO | YES | YES | 22.0 pounds |
Nitrogen Dioxide | 33 minutes | FLARE- Alkylation Unit | NO | YES | YES | 4.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
a pump on the cooling tower shut down due to a structural failure on the filter of the pump. Caused alkylation unit to flare.
the machinest on the alkylation unit made immediate repairs to the pump and operations personnel were able to restart it; this was not preventable because the failure on the filter could not have been predicted
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