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Formosa Plastics (288), Baton Rouge

Causal Factor: Weather

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
92822

2006-12-22		Column reboiler in Unit NE 205B
Cause: There was a power failure and the plant went down due to rain cooling down the equipment. A leak was found on the head of the HCL column reboiler in Unit NE 205B.

Followup: No

Notes: At the time of the SPOC report, maintenance was preparing to tighten up the bottom of the reboiler. Amount of Ethylene dichloride and Vinyl chloride released is unknown.		Unknown amount
Unknown amount
95914

2007-05-04		No information given
Cause: Excessive rains caused a storm water overflow of containment berms.

Followup: No

Notes: The refinery sampled the stormwater for pH, oil and grease, and total organic carbon. The pH of the overflow was 9.2, and the rest of the test results had not yet been received at the time of the written report. Amount of stormwater released is unknown.
108488

2008-09-01
Cause: Hurricane Gustav caused stormwater to overflow street curbing and discharge into local drainage, bypassing the facility's permitted stormwater outfalls.

Followup: No

Notes: A representative from the facility promised that a written report would be attached to the facility's Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report for September, 2008. Amount of stormwater released is unknown.