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Motiva Enterprises (2719), Convent
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 112489 |
| State Police # | 09-0347 |
| Accident Date | 2009-01-31 |
| Report Date | 2009-02-02 |
| 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 |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 7h | cooling water tower exhaust | NO | NO | YES |
Accident Classified As:
Cause of Problem: Process Upset
Upset in the refinery's cooling water systems resulting in the apparent exceedance of the VOC emission rate limit due to mechanical failure within a set of heat exchangers which resulted in releasing VOCs into the cooling water system. No DEQ report in this file, follow-up letter only.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
VOCs stripped in the cooling water tower and emitted to the atmosphere in cooling tower exhaust, samples taken at the battery limits of multiple units until source was identified, isolated heat exchangers to minimize hydrocarbon carryover across cooling water system
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