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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #No LDEQ Number Available
State Police #05-01705
Accident Date2005-03-14
Report Date 2005-03-18
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
BRQNo information givenFLARE (No. 7)NONONOBRQ

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: No Information Given

No information given

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

This report dealt with a possible unlit flare at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Chemical Plant. Subsequent investigation led them to believe the flare flame on No. 7 Flare was never extinguished. Even if the flame had been extinguished, calculations indicate that the amount of emissions from time of discovery until the relight sequence was completed would not have exceeded any reportable quantitie