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Accident # | 132689 |
State Police # | 11-04400 |
Accident Date | 2011-07-23 |
Report Date | 2011-07-27 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 6h 45m | FLARE: Tailgas treater unit | NO | YES | NO | 3,696.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity
The tailgas treater unit from SRU2 was bypassed due to plugging in quench tower servicing #1TGTU.
This was deemed non-preventable because it was a malfunction.
They swept the catalyst bed with sweet gas and washed the quench tower with fresh water. "Malfunction was corrected" No offsite monitoring, no onsite monitoring, not able to determine if offsite was impacted but they note air dispersion.
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