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LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date |
Point Source/Release | Cause | Notes |
100768 2007-11-04 | Point Source(s): Loading Pipe Pollutant(s):Fuel - 210 gallons | Cause of Problem: Human Factors Loading draw left open and product spilled during transfer | Draw was shut, vacuum truck cleaned up spill, soil to be remediate |
99432 2007-09-13 | Point Source(s): Tank Farm Pollutant(s):Gasoline - 500 gallons | Cause of Problem: Human Factors A driver left a fill valve open at the company gas fueling tank | Vacuum truck cleaned it up, soil to be remediate |
97165 2007-06-18 | Point Source(s): Tank 60 Pollutant(s):Sour Crude - 840 gallons | Cause of Problem: Process Upset There is no reason given for the problem which was that the tank overflowed | Leak in tank is listed as cause. Removed tank from service |
96301 2007-05-17 | Point Source(s): No information given Pollutant(s):Acid gas - BRQ | Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure The SRU got plugged so the release was switched to the fla | No follow up report with the complete information. The SRU Unit may have been down from 8 am - 5 pm. |
95535 2007-04-23 | Point Source(s): No information given Pollutant(s):Oil - BRQ | Cause of Problem: No Information Given No information given | Oily substance on road - no more information than that is provided |
94893 2007-03-26 | Point Source(s): None Reported Pollutant(s): | Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure The #1 Platformer Heater exploded when the unburned fuel gas ignited inside of the heater to to pilot light failure and burner malfunction. | The platformer caught fire in the lighting process. The fire incinerated the gases that were there, including hydroge |
94779 2007-03-21 | Point Source(s): Tank 107 Pollutant(s):Asphalt - 5 gallons | Cause of Problem: Human Factors | While cleaning up an old asphalt spill, workers broke regulator on the natural gas supply going to the heater on the tank. |
94730 2007-03-20 | Point Source(s): #4 Vac Unit Pollutant(s):Smoke - BRQ | Cause of Problem: Seal or Gasket Flange failure on 700 pumparound in the #4 vac | Extinguished fire, shout down the unit. The flange was replaced and a root cause analysis will be performe |
94478 2007-03-09 | Point Source(s): MEK Unit Pollutant(s):Methyl Ethyl Ketone - 4 pounds Toluene - 3 pounds Parrafin Wax - 100 pounds | Cause of Problem: Maintenance/Procedures | Root cause analysis performed, corrective actions designed. Metal to metal sparking ignited a fire: They were removing a wax filter from the MEK unit. The filter medi caught fire when they removed it. A spark associated with removal of the bolts that holds the unit together may have caused the filter to ignite. Workers extinguished the fir |
93398 2007-01-22 | Point Source(s): Tank Farm Pollutant(s):Naphtha - 10,500 gallons | Cause of Problem: Other Unknown | Inspected floating roof seals, cleaned the area with vacuum truc |
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