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Calcasieu Refining (3585), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #109067
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State Police #08-05856
Accident Date2008-09-14
Report Date 2008-09-16
Follow-up Date 2000-00-00
Follow-up: Yes

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
No Information GivenNo information GivenUnknownNONONO 

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Weather

Rainbow colored sheen on the Calcasieu River near refinery dock after Hurricane Ike

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

Verbal report was made but no written report followed. Sheen is of unknown origin and cause.