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Calumet Lubricants 8 (1214), Shreveport
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 115655 |
| State Police # | 091818 |
| Accident Date | 2009-06-12 |
| Report Date | 2009-06-15 |
| 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 Dioxide | 2 hours 10 minutes | Flare #3 | NO | YES | NO | 850.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Cause of Problem: Power Failure
Swepco off-site transformer failed and cause plant power failure at approximately 7pm. SRUs and boilers shut down causing excess SO2 to be released to #3 Flare. Because of lack of boilers thick black smoke was also coming from the #3 flare.
Discharge Preventable - No
Unknown why off-site transformer failed.
Notes/Remedial Actions
power restored, restarted all process units.
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