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Accident # | 136643 |
State Police # | 12-00392 |
Accident Date | 2012-01-20 |
Report Date | 2012-01-26 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Benzene | 19h 40m | Cooling tower 35 | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
In the initial report, sample results indicated a release of estimated 632 pounds of benzene due to a pressurized leak in the cooling tower. After further evaluation, ExxonMobil determined that the sample results were erroneously high and that there was no release to the cooling tower. Total Organic Carbon (TOC) levels were elevated to 31 ppm.
ExxonMobil's revised statement concerning the quantity released was based on the results that it gained from the El Paso cooling tower sampling method, an approved MACT CC compliance test method. EMBR states the results were erroneously high.
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