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Accident # | 93737 |
State Police # | 06-00532 |
Accident Date | 2007-02-05 |
Report Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 6h 40m | Air Products hydrogen plant | NO | YES | NO | 458.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
-The startup followed a shutdown of the # SRU complex on 1/28/2007, after its source of acid gas, the Hydrocracker unit, was shut down. The Hydrocracker unit, which is supplied by Air Products via pipeline. A malfunction of the Air Products hydrogen plant forced MOUSA to shut down the hydrocracker. This incident is a normal startup of a Sulfur Recovery Unit
This incident was not preventable because, excess emissions are a normal part of the unit startup. No human error was involved. Remedial Measures are listed as, the excess emissions are a normal part of the startup. The LDEQ incident report further explains that, The # 3 SRU was being brought on line. The process took about 6 hours. Murphy's written report to LDEQ incorrectly dated 1/12/2007 states that the startup followedhutdown of the #3 SRU complex on 1/28/2007, after a malfunction in at the Air Products Hydrogen Plant forced MOUSA to shut down the Hydrocracker
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