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Accident # | 149560 |
State Police # | 13-03021 |
Accident Date | 2013-07-10 |
Report Date | 2013-07-15 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Benzene | No Information Given | wastewater sewer trench | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
On July 10, a release was reported at the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit. The event was caused by a partially opened pump bleeder valve that released Heavy Straight Run (HSR), a gasoline component, directly into a process wastewater sewer drain. The drain overflowed and HSR pooled in an open sewer trench and was subject to evaporation losses to the air.
No remedial actions given. Incident initially reported as potential exceedance of 10 pound RQ for benzene. After further calculation, the total benzene emissions were not above RQ.
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