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Accident # | 121338 |
State Police # | 10-00721 |
Accident Date | 2010-02-07 |
Report Date | 2010-02-11 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
Oxygen analyzer of a tank vapor recovery unit stopped reading correctly due to malfunction of a recently replaced internal cell which tripped the VRU compressor.
Instrument cell had been replaced two weeks earlier and failed without warning.
Oxygen analyzer repaired and instrument cell re-calibrated. LDEQ report indicates intermittent release of toluene, benzene, xylene, and VOCs. Follow-up from refinery says no emissions since no release vents opened. Therefore, no release occurred as a result of this incident. Related citizen complaint regarding odor to LDEQ: #121473. Inconsistencies in the time in the LDEQ report and the time of the incident in the refinery report.
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