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Calcasieu Refining (3585), Lake Charles
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 127108 |
| State Police # | 10-3751 |
| Accident Date | 2010-10-15 |
| Report Date | 2010-10-22 |
| 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 |
| Crude Oil | 20h | tank 300 | NO | NO | NO | 4,200.0 gallons |
Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure
Crude oil released "due to an apparent fault in the tank floor."
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
Transferred oil from leaking tank to another tank, some crude oil recovered via vacuum truck, impacted soil excavated and is "staged at the refinery awaiting waste characterization sample results" and will be hauled off site for disposal. "No off-site impact resulting from this incident."
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