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Valero (1238), Meraux

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #126668
State Police #10-05615
Accident Date2010-09-27
Report Date 2011-02-28
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
OilUnknownPipelineNONONO 

Accident Classified As: No Information Given

Cause of Problem: Piping or Tubing

Release from a crude oil pipeline that transfers crude oil from barges to the Murphy Oil refinery. The pipe is buried near the Mississippi River levee. Report states that date/time/duration of release is unknown, but was discovered on 9/27/10. Report submitted.

Discharge Preventable - No

Refinery letter states that the leak was unpreventable due to it being an underground line. It was discovered when a Murphy operator observed a water leak from an above ground water line; oil was observed floating on top of the water.

Notes/Remedial Actions

LDEQ reports states: "The pipe was repaired on 9/27/10. Contaminated soil has been profiled as oily dirt and will be disposed of at Woodside Landfill in Walker, LA...On 4/7/11, it was learned that the remediation work has been halted because of the high level of the Mississippi River. She also stated that the ground water was impacted by the oil. A referral to the Remediation Division will be made." FOLLOW-UP: Remediation action plan submitted to LDEQ, but as of September 2011 report does not include amount of oil released.