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Valero (1238), Meraux

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #No LDEQ Number Available
State Police #07-02740
Accident Date2007-05-25
Report Date 2007-05-30
Follow-up Date 0000-00-00
Follow-up: 

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Lubricating OilNo Information Given#2 FCC Main Air Blower Lub Oil CoolerNONONO1.0 gallons

Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)

Cause of Problem: Piping or Tubing

-the cause of the release was a leak that developed in the #2 FCC Main Air Blower Lube Oil Cooler - leaking tube

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

There is no information as to whether this accident was preventable or not. Remedial Measures -Sorbent booms were deployed in containment activities and a vacuum truck was used to recover the oil in the retention pond. According to Murphy, there was no adverse impact to wildlife in the area. Murphy Oil provided verbal notification to the SERC, USCG, and the NRC. This incident also involved the refinery's once-through cooling water discharge into the Mississippi River - the facility's cng water enters a retention pond prior to discharging into the Miss. River via Outfall 001. The leak was discovered by visual inspection of the retention pon