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Motiva Enterprises (1406), Norco

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #114879
State Police #s09-1458
Accident Date2009-05-12
Report Date 2009-05-12
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
Benzeneplug from a lineNONOYESBRQ
Sour Waterplug from a lineNONONOBRQ

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Maintenance/Procedures

during a maintenance operations a plug was blown from its line due to high water pressure levels. This in turn caused the plug to break free and allow the sour water (containing benzene) to be released

Discharge Preventable - No Information Given

no information given

Notes/Remedial Actions

There was not an official verification of what was carried out to remediate the problem. It was noted that vacuum trucks might have been able to handle the spill and that a new valve would be inserted to close off the line and stop the leak. Because the release spilled onto the concrete containment where the PPI separator is, that unit was blocked off.