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Calumet Lubricants 1 (1224), Princeton

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #113350
State Police #090730
Accident Date2009-03-11
Report Date 2009-03-12
Follow-up Date 0000-00-00
Follow-up: No

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Vacuum Resid10 minutestank #205NONONO2,900.0 pounds

Accident Classified As: No Information Given

Cause of Problem: Human Factors

Tank #205 was overfilled

Discharge Preventable - Yes

tank was overfilled due to human error

Notes/Remedial Actions

Contained with a berm and a metal wall. Confined within secondary containment. Allowed to cool and picked up with heavy equipment. Also extracted contaminated soil and transported to Webster Parish Landfill with approval. Contaminated soil and spent absorbents were put in Princeton's solid waste storage area for disposal. Free product recovered in the effort was put in Calumet's crude supply.