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Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #116058
State Police #092008
Accident Date2009-06-27
Report Date 2009-07-02
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
Gas Oil45 minutessumpNONONO100.0 gallons

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Instrument Failure

Pump Failed to start and sump overfilled. Pump failure was caused by failure of level switch on T-74 sump pumps.

Discharge Preventable - No

Level Switch failure.

Notes/Remedial Actions

Pumps were started manually, and the spill was cleaned up