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Chalmette Refining (1376), Chalmette
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 76355 |
| PDF Available |  PDF |
| State Police # | 05-00500 & 05-00540 |
| Accident Date | 2005-01-22 |
| Report Date | 2005-01-28 |
| 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 |
| Carbon Monoxide | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | YES | NO | 138.0 pounds |
| Hydrocarbon | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | NO | YES | 90.0 pounds |
| Hydrogen Sulfide | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | NO | NO | 12.2 pounds |
| Nitric Oxide | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | YES | NO | 23.0 pounds |
| Nitrogen Dioxide | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | YES | YES | 2.5 pounds |
| Particulate Matter 10 | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | YES | NO | 5.8 pounds |
| Sulfur Dioxide | 1h 27m & 19m on 1/22/05 and 1h 5m on 1/24/05 | K-406 (waste gas compressor number 4) | NO | YES | NO | 4,543.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure
Waste gas compressor number 4 (K-406) unexpectedly shut down. Waste gas was automatically diverted to refinery safety flare system.
Discharge Preventable - No
Notes/Remedial Actions
Rescinding notification for NO2. The refinery waste gas system and refinery operations were adjusted in order to minimize the amount of waste gas being sent to the flare. Sweet streams were routed to the flare in order to minimize sour gas flaring. K-406 was removed from service on 01/27/05 to complete an evaluation of the machine and perform other maintenance. Additional emissions listed in the Summary of Emissions were not mentioned in the report. This incident is related to incident # 76362.(There are two hand-written incident numbers, T76377 & T76382, on the PDF, but LABB believes they are not related to this event).
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