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Placid Refining (2366), Port Allen

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #116433
State Police #5092193
Accident Date2009-07-09
Report Date 2009-07-14
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 Dioxide15 h 3 mFlareNOYESNO1,100.0 pounds

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Start Up, Shut Down

The released has been happened as a result of flaring during unplanned FCCU shutdown. On 7/9/09 FCCU experienced an uninterruptible power supply malfunction causing an emergency shutdown valves to go into fail position and flared sour water and wet gas.

Discharge Preventable - No Information Given

No Information Given

Notes/Remedial Actions

No information given. The release has be contained within few hours.