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ExxonMobil Chemical Plant (286), Baton Rouge
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 128125 |
| State Police # | 10-07088 |
| Accident Date | 2010-12-12 |
| Report Date | 2010-12-13 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Benzene | 1 m | Seal on vapor recovery system | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity
Cause of Problem: Seal or Gasket
A seal malfunction corrected itself.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
A potential maximum of 10 pounds of Benzene could have been released but the calculations had not been completed by the time of the call. Incident initiated and comments added during file review after inspection of Exxon Refinery on 8/31/11. This incident occurred at the Exxon Chemical plant. According to a written notificated faxed from Exxon Corp, there was promt incident response to mitigate the event durations, they have determined that no RQS were exceeded. The NRC notification regarding this event was made greater than 1 hour after incident discovery due to telephone difficulties.
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