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ExxonMobil Chemical Plant (286), Baton Rouge

Releases of Smoke

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
91843

2006-11-02		furnace tube
Cause: A furnace tube started leaking, causing excessive smoke. They are assuming they exceeded their permitted opacity.

Followup: No

Notes: Smoking stopped. Amount of smoke released is unknown.		assuming to have exc
91582

2006-10-23		F furnace
Cause: A tube leak in F furnace is causing excessive smoking from furnace stack. They expect it is exceeding the 20% opacity that is permitted.

Followup: No

Notes: Amount of smoke released is unknown.
87556

2006-05-02		Flare
Cause: The only information given by the state police report is that there was a smoking flare that seemed likely to exceed the refinery's limits.

Followup: No

Notes: The state police report calls this an "opacity report" that was made in order to satisfy the DEQ reporting requirements. The LABB file does not contain the LDEQ report.
110176

2008-10-17		Furnace stack
Cause: Feed upset caused smoking furnace stack.

Followup: No

Notes: Furnace stack was smoking creating opacity issues. Exxon said this is a permit deviation. A feed upset caused the problem.Exxon says no RQ exceedences. Amount of methane and smoke released is unknown.
108484

2008-09-01		No Information Given
Cause:

Followup: No

Notes: Due to the hurricane they were experiencing heavy flaring with visible smoke. They said they will keep the state police advised. Just SPOC report.
109662

2008-09-01		Weather
Cause: Due to the hurricane they are experiencing heavy flaring with visible smoke.

Followup:

Notes:
119325

2009-11-06		Furnace stack
Cause: Smoking furnace from a leak.

Followup: No

Notes: May have developed a leak which would be causing the smoke emitted from their furnace stack. They may do some monitoring. They will have a chemical feed into the furnace. They will attempt to locate the source of the leak and eliminate that feed. The air was not being monitored. Amount of smoke released is unknown.