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Placid Refining (2366), Port Allen

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #77406
State Police #05-01543
Accident Date2005-03-06
Report Date 2005-03-14
Follow-up Date 2000-00-00
Follow-up: No

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Sulfur Dioxide48h 25mTail Gas Treater Unit (TGTU)NOYESNO19,456.0 pounds

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

An internal (not exposed to the atmosphere) heat exchanger tube leak resulted in catalyst fouling in Placid's Tail Gas Treater Unit (TGTU).

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

Exchanger bundle has been repaired. First in a series of major releases of Sulfur Dioxide from the Treater Unit. Hazmat incident # 05-01543