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Accident # | No LDEQ Number Available |
State Police # | 14-01532 |
Accident Date | 2014-04-07 |
Report Date | 2014-04-14 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Oil | 55m | Rain Basin #2 | NO | NO | NO | 0.1 gallons |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
A severe thunderstorm on 4/7/2014 resulted in Rain Basin 2 overflowing through Outfall 003 into Callahan Bayou. An ExxonMobil operator discovered an oil sheen coming from Callahan Bayou. The size and color of the sheen were used to estimate the total release of oil based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sheen estimating guide.
Upon discovery, boom was deployed to contain the sheen. Vacuum trucks have been used to skim the refinery's #2 Rain Basin of oil.
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