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Accident # | 96323 |
State Police # | 07-02580 |
Accident Date | 2007-05-17 |
Report Date | 2007-05-24 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 1 h 12 m | Thermal Oxidizer #1 (TOX) and Tail Gas Treating Unit | NO | YES | NO | 1,400.0 pounds |
Hydrogen Sulfide | 1 h 12 m | Thermal Oxidizer #1 (TOX) and Tail Gas Treating Unit | NO | NO | NO | 158.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
The Thermal Oxidizer had tripped and this event might exceed or have exceeded reportable quantities of Sulfure Dioxide. Also, the Tail Gas Treating Unit (TGTU) had tripped and there was a possibility of an Hydrogen Sulfide exceedance.
Restarted the Thermal Oxidizer and the tail gas unit, reset the level set point to compensate the level indicator error, and replaced the faulty level indicator the next day. They have added the level indicator to their monthly preventive maintenance schedule, completed 6/16/2007. **["May 17, 2007 16:00 to 17:00, H2S (lbs/hr) 157.72, permit limit 0.5, TOX Down for 12 minutes (<700F)]
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