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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

Releases of Vinyl Acetate

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
06-BB006-922

2006-05-16		CLAW Area
Cause: Normal consumption of ethyl vinyl acetate pellets releases traces of vinyl acetate residual upon heating and mixing with wax.

Followup: No

Notes: ;This was not an incident. The emissions of vinyl acetate were from normal operation of Wax Blending. The emission is a permit deviation oly because the permit basis erroneously set an annual average.		816.0 pounds