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Accident # | 126165 |
State Police # | 10-05133 |
Accident Date | 2010-09-06 |
Report Date | 2010-09-10 |
Follow-up Date | 2010-10-29 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 3 h 30 m | 3700 Sulfur Recovery Unit, 3700 Thermal Oxidizer | NO | YES | NO | 3,454.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Valve malfunction on 3700 Sulfur Recovery Unit resulted in sulfur dioxide elevated levels at 3700 Thermal Oxidizer.
Report states event was result of an unanticipated mechanical or system controller malfunction.
RQ. Refinery letter states that the permitted SO2 rate and reportable quantity were exceeded. Workers diverted 3700 SFU feed stream to other Sulfur Recovery units, took manual control, and restarted unit. Refinery letter only; letter states that this is second follow-up report, but no first report is included in file. No LDEQ report.
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