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Accident # | 126668 |
State Police # | 10-05615 |
Accident Date | 2010-09-27 |
Report Date | 2011-02-28 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Oil | Unknown | Pipeline | NO | NO | NO |
Accident Classified As: No Information Given
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.
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.
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.
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