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Accident # | 119003 |
State Police # | s09-3475 |
Accident Date | 2009-10-25 |
Report Date | 2009-10-25 |
Follow-up Date | 2009-10-29 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Nitrogen Oxide | 15hr35m | HCU flare EPN 4-84 | NO | YES | YES | BRQ |
Propylene | 15hr35m | HCU flare EPN 4-84 | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 15hr35m | HCU flare EPN 4-84 | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As:
There was an instrument failure on the Hydro-cracker Unit (HCU) recycle gas compressor (K-1928). Because of this instrument failure excess flaring from the HCU flare (EPN 4-84) allowed release of the following gases: propylene, VOC's , and Nitrogen Oxides. Note: there were two follow up reports provided. The first followup report on 10-29-2009 was written to respond to a verbal notification. This report stated that ongoing sampling would be conducted. The second report on 11-19-2009 was written to report findings from sampling conducted at the incident site
no information given.
after the flaring incident was noticed the HCU recycle gas compressor was shutdown and repairs were done to fix the speed controller .
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