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Motiva Enterprises (1406), Norco

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #119903
State Police #09-06612
Accident Date2009-12-07
Report Date 2009-12-10
Follow-up Date 2009-12-10
Follow-up: Yes

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Mercaptan5mPropane tank truck rackNONOYESBRQ

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Human Factors

Upon investigation it was determined that a truck driver failed to close the loading and flare valve after loading the Motiva propane tank truck rack. By failing to close the valves a mercaptan gaseous compound mixture was released.

Discharge Preventable -

no information given

Notes/Remedial Actions

After driver realized the vent valve on the Motiva propane truck tank was left open, it was immediately closed. After sampling analysis was done, it was determined that the amount of mercaptan released did not exceed reportable quantities or permit limits. In the incident report there are two different state police incident numbers reported. On the refinery report the state police case number is 09-06612, whereas for the LDEQ incident report the number is s09-3932