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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #128655
State Police #11-00297
Accident Date2010-10-10
Report Date 2011-01-18
Follow-up Date 2013-03-12
Follow-up: Yes

Pollutants Released

Pollutant Duration Point Source Greenhouse Gas Criteria Pollutant Ozone forming chemical Amount of Release
Hydrogen Sulfide2yFurnaces, Incinerators, and Crude TanksNONONO6,792.0 pounds

Accident Classified As: No Information Given

Cause of Problem: No Information Given

A follow up report was submitted March 12, 2013. This report has the same accident number, and is filed under 1286550 in this database to separate the two incidents in their appropriate years. This report serves as written notification to comply with 40 CFR 302.8, which requires the owner or operator of facility to submit written follow up information for the verbal reporting of a continuous release(CRR). On October 10, 2010 Exxon Mobil Corporation's Baton Rouge Refinery made an initial notification to the NRC, the LA State Police Hazardous Materials Unit, the East Baton Rouge Parish Fire Department, and the LDEQ of the Refinery's continuous releases of hydrogen sulfide. Per continuous release reporting requirements, a one-time follow up report will be filed within thirty days of the anniversary of the source change. Thereafter, annual reassessments will be issued if there is a Statically Significant Increase or a change in the source of release. Report states that hydrogen sulfide is being released continuously due to "burning natural gas as furnace and incinerator fuel".

Discharge Preventable - No Information Given

No Information Given.

Notes/Remedial Actions

Within a mile radius of this facility live more than 1000 persons, 13 schools, the Mississippi River, and Monte Sano Bayou. The release is a result of burning natural gas as furnace and incinerator fuel and it is released continuously without interruption.