LA Bucket Brigade : Refinery Accident Database

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Marathon Ashland Petroleum (3165), Garyville

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LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date	Point Source(s)	Notes	Amount of Release
No LDEQ Reported 2005-09-16		Cause: Routine check on Marathon facility prior to Hurricane Katrina. Followup: No Notes: LDEQ check revealed that the facility "did not appear to have major damage or flooding" "no photos were taken".
81804 2005-08-31	no information given	Cause: Hurricane Katrina Followup: No Notes: Plant shutdown in preparation for the hurricane. LDEQ determined that no releases or pollution had occurred.
81738 2005-08-31	N/A	Cause: Marathon plant shutdown in preparation for Hurricane Katrina. Report received 3 months after the storm. Followup: No Notes: Routine shutdown/start-up from Katrina.
No LDEQ Reported 2005-08-28	North Flare	Cause: In preparation for Hurricane Katrina, the last stage of emergency shutdown, the steam boilers were shutdown. There was leakage of hydrocarbons into the flare line. Causing the North Flare to smoke for 2 days during which the refinery was shutdown. Categorized as an "upset". Followup: No Notes: Plant was shutdown as per preparation for Hurricane Katrina
76597 2005-01-29	A flange on the 54" line from the FCCU Reactor to the Main Fractionator. (no EPN)	Cause: There was a fire on the flange. The cause of the fire was not specified. Followup: No Notes: The fire was extinguished. The flange was tightened. "Fire did not emit any known pollutants."
No LDEQ Reported 2007-07-31	Coker conveyor belt west of refinery	Cause: Friction from a failed roller-bearing caused fire at the coker conveyor belt Followup: No Notes: Claims emission was below RQ.
No LDEQ Reported 2007-07-31	Coker conveyor belt west of refinery	Cause: Friction from a failed roller-bearing caused fire at the coker conveyor belt Followup: No Notes: Claims emission was below RQ.
110200 2008-10-18	Unit 22, Saturates Gas Plant	Cause: Electrical fuse blew causing Unit 22 to trip offline. Followup: No Notes: According to report, no unauthorized discharge occurred. No data for amt of pollutants released. No remedial action planned at time of report.
108606 2008-08-30	No Information Given	Cause: Shutting down plant, possible releases Followup: No Notes: DEQ report and verbal notification sans corresponding letter from Marathon. Verbal report only.
104020 2008-03-18	Alky Cooling Tower (EIQ 61-74; EQT 0043)	Cause: A pinhole leak occurred in the acid cooler exchanger tube which was promptly isolated. Followup: Notes: Caustic soda ash and sodium bicarbonate was applied to the cooling tower to neutralize the acid and adjust the pH.
123361 2010-05-11	No Information Given	Cause: Boiler blew out, released large quantity of steam. No further details given. Followup: No Notes: BRQ. LDEQ reports states that no reportable quantities were exceeded during this event. No additional information given. LDEQ report only. No refinery letter.
121911 2010-03-04	FLARE - South Ground Flare	Cause: Shutdown of Hydrocracker, Unit 215. New unit with unknown problems causing it to smoke. "Shut down as a result of a high temperature alarm" but "it is believed that the alarm gave inaccurate readings." "Pollutants emitted during the event are accounted for in the facility Air Quality permit." No info given regarding what exactly was released. Followup: No Notes: BRQ. Refinery letter states that no reportable quantities were exceeded.Air monitoring team dispatched to ensure no offsite impacts.
121376 2010-02-08	No Information Given	Cause: LDEQ report states that a truck coming into the plant caught fire. FIRE. Followup: No Notes: No Information Given. LDEQ Report only. No Refinery Letter.
120712 2010-01-11	FLARE	Cause: Release from a ground flare, several people in community calling in smell complaints. Followup: No Notes: BRQ. Stated that "no reportable quantities were exceeded" [BRQ].
134898 2011-10-26	SWDI roll-off box	Cause: There was smoke coming from the SWDI roll-off box located north of the non-hazardous drum storage area. Followup: No Notes: The incident is under investigation. The refinery's shift emergency response team (SERT) put out the domestic trash fire. There were no known off-site impacts.
134862 2011-10-25	C-can storage container in Contractor Village	Cause: While welding brackets on the outside wall of the C-can storage container the interior wood shelving and floor began to smolder and caught fire. The C-can was located in the Contractor Village. Followup: No Notes: The refinery response team extinguished the fire and brief air monitoring was conducted.