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Valero (1238), Meraux

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #No LDEQ Number Available
State Police #07-04351
Accident Date2007-08-01
Report Date 2008-03-11
Follow-up Date 0000-00-00
Follow-up: No Information Provided

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Benzene1hGasoline Spill to River at Dock - transfer line/hoseNONOYES7.0 pounds
Gasoline1hGasoline Spill to River at Dock - transfer line/hoseNONOYES30.0 gallons

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

During a test conducted at 188 psi, a rubber loading hose, rated for a pressure of 225 psi, developed a 4 inch long split, allowing gasoline to spray to the Rive

Discharge Preventable - No

Notes/Remedial Actions

This incident occurred on 8/1/2007 and was not reported by Murphy until 3/11/2008. This incident was not preventable because the rupture of the hose was not a predictable event. At the time of the spill of 30 gallons of gasoline into the Miss. River, MOUSA was conducting annual pressure testing of a hard piped gasoline transfer line, per U.S. Coast Guard regulations. Because MOUSA was not loading gasoline to a vessel, the 8 rubber loading hoses at the Dock had been capped at the loadend, were elevated and suspended from their gantry hangers, and were secured from the loading hoses. During a test conducted at 188 psi, a rubber loading hose, rated for a pressure of 225 psi, developed a 4 long split, allowing gasoline to