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Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
State Police # | 07-02740 |
Accident Date | 2007-05-25 |
Report Date | 2007-05-30 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Lubricating Oil | No Information Given | #2 FCC Main Air Blower Lub Oil Cooler | NO | NO | NO | 1.0 gallons |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
-the cause of the release was a leak that developed in the #2 FCC Main Air Blower Lube Oil Cooler - leaking tube
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
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