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Accident # | 159804 |
State Police # | 14-04896 |
Accident Date | 2014-10-31 |
Report Date | 2014-11-06 |
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 | No information given | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
Release occurred at the ExxonMobil refinery on 10/31/14. Initial calculations indicated a potential benzene reportable quantity exceedance. Though additional El Paso sampling and revised calculations, Exxon determined that no reportable quantities were exceeded. Less than ten pounds per day of benzene is being released as a result of this event.
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