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Accident # | 122763 |
State Police # | 10-01910 |
Accident Date | 2010-04-13 |
Report Date | 2010-04-20 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Carbon Monoxide | 2hr | no information given | NO | YES | NO | 500.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
"Had to depressurize the unit from a previous problem...The FCCU had to reduce rates in sympathy with the Alkylation Unit shutdown. While reducing charge rate, an adequate carbon balance was not maintained, causing elevated CO in the flue gas." Did not exceed 24-hr time period RQ's but did exceed one-hr RQ's for two consecutive hrs.
No specific reason given for being preventable --"under investigation."
BRQ. LDEQ report states that "no reportable quantities were exceeded during this incident." Refinery letter states that "once the problem was recognized, oxygen injection rates were adjusted to improve feed rate and quality."
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