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Accident # | 115595 |
State Police # | 091786 |
Accident Date | 2009-06-11 |
Report Date | 2009-06-17 |
Follow-up Date | 2009-10-01 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Benzene | 20 minutes | Hydrocarbon feed exchanger | NO | NO | YES | 1.1 pounds |
Naphtha | 20 minutes | Hydrocarbon feed exchanger | NO | NO | YES | 100.0 gallons |
Hydrogen Sulfide | 20 minutes | Hydrocarbon feed exchanger | NO | NO | NO | 13.4 pounds |
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 20 minutes | Hydrocarbon feed exchanger | NO | NO | YES | 414.0 pounds |
Naphtha | 20 min | Hydrocarbon feed exchanger | NO | NO | YES | 100.0 gallons |
Accident Classified As:
While cleaning the exchanger a piece of tubing blew out causing a release of naptha to the exchanger pad.
Marathon claims the release was unforeseeable.
Residual naphtha was washed into the oily sewer. The exchanger was isolated.
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