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Accident # | 131613 |
State Police # | 11-03335 |
Accident Date | 2011-06-07 |
Report Date | 2011-06-14 |
Follow-up Date | 2011-07-21 |
Follow-up: | Yes |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 11d | Cooling tower CT-39 | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As:
High indications of hydrocarbons while doing routine sampling of cooling tower water. Heat exchanger has a leak in it - Cooling Tower 39.
BRQ. The refinery states that four separate incident report numbers were issued as ExxonMobil updated agencies of the leak resolution. Incident report numbers are - 131613, 131831, 131866 and 132049. The LDEQ report states that they received updates on the leak until June 24th on the status of the leak, at which point it was "identified and corrective action was taken. However, a July 21st refinery letter states that the leak was resolved by June 18th.
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