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Accident # | 134104 |
State Police # | 11-05885 |
Accident Date | 2011-09-21 |
Report Date | 2011-09-27 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Hydrocarbon | #52 Cooling Tower | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
The leak in #52 cooling tower did not occur. An instrument gave an erroneously high reading of an unknown quantity of hydrocarbons that led the refinery to believe they had a leak. This was confirmed using El Paso cooling tower sample method as approved by the MACT CC compliance testing method.
There was no release.
There was no release, so it is BRQ.
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