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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #77055
State Police #05-01188
Accident Date2005-02-20
Report Date 2005-02-25
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
Flammable GasNo Information GivenFLARENONOYESBRQ

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Other

flare pilot outage of the B-9 Flare caused bya dumping of steam into the flaring system

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

Claims emission was below RQ. Relit the flare manually