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Accident # | 106814 |
State Police # | 08-03829 |
Accident Date | 2008-06-27 |
Report Date | 2010-03-26 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Vinyl Chloride | No information given | reboiler | NO | NO | NO | BRQ |
Ethylene dichloride | No information given | reboiler | NO | NO | NO | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
Steam was lost throughout the plant, which caused the reboiler to cool down quickly, which caused the release from a gasket leak on the reboiler.
The release was secured when the steam came back up. Late notification because "they were just tied up." Amount of Vinyl Chloride and Ethylene Dichloride released is unknown. LDEQ report indicates that LDEQ received written report on 7/8/08, but that report is not included in LABB's file.
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