LA Bucket Brigade : Refinery Accident Database

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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge

Releases of Unknown Substance

LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date	Point Source(s)	Notes	Amount of Release
113408 2009-03-15	#44 cooling tower	Cause: Leak in #44 cooling tower. Foaming occurred. Followup: No Notes: LABB only has access to the SPOC verbal report. No information provided about amount of material released, and the chemicals are unknown. There is a potential for VOCs released.
112781 2009-02-16	No Information Given	Cause: According to the SPOC verbal report, a leak from the bottom of a tank caused the release. Followup: No Notes: Release is BRQ.
112781 2009-02-16	No Information Given	Cause: According to the SPOC verbal report, a leak from the bottom of a tank caused the release. Followup: No Notes: Release is BRQ.
127996 2010-12-06	No Information Given	Cause: Possible gas leak into water heading for the cooling tower, releasing the gas into the air. Followup: No Notes: This release was Below Reportable quantities [BRQ].
125414 2010-08-04	FLARE	Cause: No information provided about cause or material released through the flare. Followup: No Notes: This incident was BRQ but no details provided about what material was release or remedial actions. LABB only has access to the refinery incident report and not the LDEQ incident report.
134484 2011-10-11	Retired tank	Cause: An empty tank was being moved/demolished and residue from previous contents caused smoldering. The previous contents of the tank are unknown. Followup: No Notes: Smoldering stopped and air monitoring was conducted to confirm there was no offsite impact.
131254 2011-05-19	R-3 outlet	Cause: The release was a flange leak on the R-3 unit. Followup: No Notes: BRQ: the fugitive component is covered by the site's Leak Detection and Repair program and there were people on site to tighten up bolts on the outlet. Phla Reactor Purge No further information was given.
143115 2012-09-19	NIG	Cause: A release occured at ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery. Followup: No Notes: Due to prompt incident response to mitigate the event duration no reportable quantities were exceeded. The refinery letter fails to mention what pollutant was released.
150874 2013-09-08	No Information Given	Cause: A refinery letter dated September 13, 2013 serves as a notification surrounding an event dated September 8, 2013. No reportable quantities were exceeded as a result of this event. No additional information was provided beyond this information. Followup: No Notes: No reportable quantities were exceeded as a result of this event. The substance released was also not made available in the refinery report. The duration and point source were also not provided.