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Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 125265 |
| State Police # | 10-2694 |
| Accident Date | 2010-07-30 |
| Report Date | 2010-08-09 |
| 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 |
| Gas Oil | No Information Given | No Information Given | NO | NO | NO | 1.0 gallons |
Accident Classified As:
Cause of Problem: Human Factors
Faulty pipe line-up using demo line while preparing to transfer product into a process unit, resulting in a spill out of a valve. State Police report states that an estimated 1 gallon of gas oil went into water. Visible sheen on Bayou Verdine, approximately 10 x 10 feet. Refinery letter states that sheen might have been from a faulty line or related to an earlier sheen on 7/28/10; source not confirmed and sheen was gone when environmental personnel & Coast Guard inspected the site.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
State Police [SPOC] report states that boom was placed in water on 7/30/10. No report available for incident referenced on 7/28/10.
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