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Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
State Police # | 12-01059 |
Accident Date | 2012-02-22 |
Report Date | 2012-02-27 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Propylene | 2h | Unit 46, Propylene Splitter | NO | NO | YES | 65.0 pounds |
Propane | 2h | Unit 46, Propylene Splitter | NO | NO | YES | 3.1 pounds |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
A fire occurred when residual material in a line was ignited during the removal of a valve. Vented into atmosphere and fire associated. NO LDEQ Incident #, no LDEQ report. Agent reached was Rachel Mroch and no # assigned. Propane not included in the output values and the date on the second attachment precedes the event.
The line involved had been cleared and nitrogen purged. There was no way to tell that a small amount of propylene was leaking by a closed valve.
Personnel in the area used fire extinguishers to put out the fire. Blinds were installed on the line to contain the material leaking by the block valve. There is no SPOC report and no LDEQ report attached to this file.
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