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Valero (1238), Meraux

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #119999
State Police #09-06654
Accident Date2009-12-09
Report Date 2009-12-16
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
Sulfur Dioxide6.5 hNorth Flare from #2 SRU IncineratorNOYESNO10,800.0 pounds

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

Automatic safety shutdown of #2 SRU due to malfunction in the SRU main burner flame dectors. Caused flaring from the North flare.

Discharge Preventable - Under Investigation

Notes/Remedial Actions

RQ exceeded. Refinery followed operating procedures. Unit was re-started and Root Cause Analysis is on-going.