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Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
State Police # | 09-06223 |
Accident Date | 2009-11-11 |
Report Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up Date | 2009-11-18 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Carbon Monoxide | 10hrs | FCCU wet gas scrubber | NO | YES | NO | 1,701.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Mechanical problems with recycle feed pump, had to shut the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit down to make repairs, resulting in increased CO emissions. File contains no DEQ report--hazmat and follow-up only; wrong DEQ and state police #s seem to have been written on top of the follow-up.
"There were no indications of mechanical issues associated with the recycle feed pump prior to this incident."
Tried to minimize CO emissions during event, will modify startup and shutdown procedures, will update current standard alarm and add an additional critical alarm to monitor the amount of CO exiting the stack. Operations will be trained on both the procedure modifications & the alarm updates.
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