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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

Citizen Complaints in 2007

LDEQ Accident Number
Complaint Date		 Notes
96841

6/6/2007
Description: Foul rotten-egg odor in caller's home

Health Effects:

LDEQ Followup: yes

LDEQ Notes: DEQ had conducted monitoring at the Citgo fence line and didn't detect anyting, wind direction at time of complaint and throughout day doesn't support complaint of source of odor being from Citgo

Investigation Delay: Same Day

Accident Report Filed:

96836

6/5/2007
Description: Black Substance on caller's cars, awning, patio furniture, etc.

Health Effects:

LDEQ Followup: yes

LDEQ Notes: visted complaintant's home, deposition appeared soot-like and rubbed off smooth surfaces easily, noted some floating on the surface in a dish with standing water, other residents had similar particulate deposition, Citgo acknowledged that hydrocarbon

Investigation Delay: 2

Accident Report Filed:

97646

7/6/2007
Description: oil tanks are overflowing; slop oil

Health Effects:

LDEQ Followup: yes

LDEQ Notes: Citgo said that two storm water tanks were full and that Citgo was going to bypass the tanks and sent the storm water into the secondary containment around the tanks, currently Citgo has asked the Department for approval to send the storm water in th

Investigation Delay: Same Day

Accident Report Filed:

98989

8/27/2007
Description: release of burned out black oily substance came through neighborhood

Health Effects:

LDEQ Followup: yes

LDEQ Notes: a record of an air release by Citgo was found in the TEMPO records, it involved some smoking boilers that deposited a soot like material on some residences west of the Citgo plant

Investigation Delay: 17

Accident Report Filed: 96836