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Calcasieu Refining (3585), Lake Charles

Releases in 2010

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source/Release CauseNotes
127108

2010-10-15
Point Source(s):
tank 300

Pollutant(s):
Crude Oil - 4,200 gallons
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

Crude oil released "due to an apparent fault in the tank floor."		Transferred oil from leaking tank to another tank, some crude oil recovered via vacuum truck, impacted soil excavated and is "staged at the refinery awaiting waste characterization sample results" and will be hauled off site for disposal. "No off-site impact resulting from this incident."
120593

2010-01-06
Point Source(s):
wastewater treatment unit

Pollutant(s):
Crude Oil - 1 gallons
Cause of Problem: Process Upset

upset in waste water treatment system resulted in discharge of mixture of crude oil and refined products into the Calcasieu River--bio die off caused biomass to be released from the unit, collected in weir system in outfall		No refinery letter; NRC report attached.