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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #107976
State Police #08-04953
Accident Date2008-08-13
Report Date 2008-08-19
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
Slop OilunknownC-DockNONONO3.0 pounds
Sulfuric AcidunknownC-DockNONONO101.0 pounds

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Instrument Failure

malfunction of automatic sump level indicator gauge results in sump overflow

Discharge Preventable - No

Notes/Remedial Actions

Sump level indicators repaired