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Chalmette Refining, LLC, Chalmette
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| LDEQ Incident Number Incident Date |
Point Source(s) | Notes | Amount of Release |
| 84794 2005-12-24 | Rich DGA Pump G-8291 | Cause: Electrical supply malfunction caused the auto shutdown of the refinery Sulfur Recovery Unit Train 2. The shutdown resulted in routing of refinery acid gas to the flare system. Followup: No Notes: Operations were conducted in order to minimize emissions while maintaining a safe and orderly stabilization of refinery operations and restart of the impacted process unit. Repairs were made to applicable electrical equipment and SRU train 2 was restarted, ending the incident. The refinery has initiated an investigation into the cause of this incident. Based on the result of that investigation, appropriate measures will be taken in order to prevent a recurrence due to the same cause. | Hydrogen Sulfide: 273.0 pounds Nitric Oxide: 239.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 27.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 103,560.0 pounds |
| No LDEQ Reported 2005-08-24 | Dock | Cause: A one gallon plastic container of motor oil was being stored in a wooden storage box. A steel flange had been placed on the container of motor oil, damaging the container and resulting in a release of motor oil to the box, which then dripped into the River causing a localized sheen. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: BELOW REPORTABLE QUANTITIES. The storage box was emptied and absorbent material was spread on the dock. Hard boom was deployed in order to capture the sheen. Absorbent materials were used in order to clean up the sheen and residual oil. | Motor Oil: 1.0 gallons |
| 80502 2005-07-13 | Transformer power outage - emitted at No. 2 Flare | Cause: Loss of a refinery power transformer resulted in unplanned shut-down of coker 1, resulting in flaring to no. 2 Followup: No Notes: backup transformer was placed in service to replace the one that failed. | Nitric Oxide: 266.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 29.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 1,096.0 pounds |
| 80322 2005-07-06 | None Reported | Cause: Shutdown and restart activities and related emissions area a result of the refinery shutdown caused by a loss of externally supplied power to the refinery. Followup: No Notes: Operations were conducted to minimize emissions while maintaining a safe and orderly shutdown. | |
| 78541 2005-04-26 | Sulfur Recovery Unit, Hydrocracker, #2 Coker, #2 Crude | Cause: A loss of power to the Refinery's Boiler Instrumentation System caused the shutdown of the three plant boilers which generate the Refinery's 600 lb. steam. The loss of 600 lb. steam production caused upset conditions at a series of Refinery Process Units including the Sulfur Recovery Unit, Hydrocracker, #2 Coker and #2 Crude Followup: No Notes: The refinery has initiated an investigation into the cause of this incident. Based on the result of that investigation, measures will be taken in order to prevent a recurrence due to the same cause | Hydrogen Sulfide: 203.0 pounds Nitric Oxide: 326.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 36.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 78,817.0 pounds |
| No LDEQ Reported 2005-02-15 | None Reported | Cause: OTHER Vehicle fire that damaged a contractor van while on CRLLC property Followup: No Notes: Letter rescinds verbal report because incident was not reportable. | |
| 76869 2005-02-11 | No information given | Cause: From the verbal report: Followup: No Notes: | Carbon Monoxide: 93.0 pounds Hydrocarbon: 65.0 pounds Hydrogen Sulfide: 1.0 pounds Particulate Matter: 17.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 1.0 pounds Nitric Oxide: 6.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 454.0 pounds |
| No LDEQ Reported 2005-02-04 | Electrical breaker G-457; Waste gas compressor number 2 (K-401) | Cause: Electrical breaker for G-457 malfunctioned. Waste gas compressor number 2 (K-401) shut down as a result of the electrical power outage and refinery waste gas was diverted to safety flare system. Followup: No Notes: Low-Sulfur content streams were routed to the flare to minimize sour gas flaring. Output was adjusted to minimize total amount of waste being sent to the flare. Note: the breaker for G-457 had been identified for repair and was supposed to be replaced that week. | Carbon Monoxide: 78.0 pounds Hydrocarbon: 51.0 pounds Hydrogen Sulfide: 11.0 pounds Particulate Matter 10: 3.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 1.0 pounds Nitric Oxide: 13.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 4,075.0 pounds |
| 92494 2006-12-08 | Number 1 Flare | Cause: heavy oil entered Flare drum and was released as droplets Followup: No Notes: #2 Flare was quickly relit and steam controller placed in manual mode to stop the pulsating until the #2 Flare System could be stabilized. Spill cleanup was initiated for the heavy oil ffrom the #1 Flare to the batture and the Mississippi River. Heavy Oil was removed from the #2 Flare Drum. | Volatile Organic Compounds: 18,597.0 pounds Hydrogen Sulfide: 93.0 pounds Heavy Oil: 10.0 gallons |
| 92194 2006-11-21 | #1 Flare - AE-AOA-05-0109 EPN 28 #2 Flare | Cause: Compressor K-406 tripped for unknown reasons. Followup: No Notes: Under investigation. | Sulfur Dioxide: 3,723.0 pounds Nitrogen Oxide: 21.0 pounds |
| 91667 2006-10-29 | AE-AOA-05-0109 EPN 28 and 29 | Cause: electrical switchgear failure. Followup: No Notes: DEQ report indicates that unknown amounts of the pollutants were released. | Volatile Organic Compounds: 1,228.0 pounds Nitric Oxide: 467.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 22,226.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 61.0 pounds |
| 90847 2006-09-23 | Tank | Cause: tank overflowed and wasewater sludge was released to the ground Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 9/27/6 | Wastewater: 94.0 gallons |
| 90163 2006-08-22 | No information given | Cause: first stage recycle finfan leak in HCU Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 8/22/06 | Volatile Organic Compounds: 270.0 pounds Hydrogen Sulfide: 41.0 pounds |
| 89597 2006-07-29 | No information given | Cause: loss of flow in the tail gas compressor Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 7/29/06 | Sulfur Dioxide: 46.0 pounds |
| 87121 2006-04-11 | AE-AOA-05-010,9AE-AOA-05-0109 EPN 46 | Cause: contamination in the air system Followup: No Notes: updated unit operating procedures to remove potential impurities from the line prior to future use. | Sulfur Dioxide: 32,624.0 pounds |
| 86695 2006-03-24 | Flare | Cause: power failureblip on shared electrical system resulted in 14 minute outage Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 3/24/6 | Nitrogen Oxide: 11.0 pounds |
| 86447 2006-03-13 | AE-AOA-05-0109 | Cause: loss of power resulted in the unplanned upset of the refinery. External power supplied by Entergy was lost due to activity external to refinery operations. Release from Nos. 1 and 2 Flares. Followup: No Notes: Specific action taken: met with Entergy to stress the impact of this incident and request that appropriate measures be taken in order to prevent a recurrence. | Sulfur Dioxide: 680.0 pounds Nitrogen Dioxide: 1,821.0 pounds Nitrogen Oxide: 16,393.0 pounds |
| 85863 2006-02-15 | None Reported | Cause: fire. Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 2/14/06 | |
| 101812 2007-12-18 | Flare | Cause: power failure caused Reformer #1 to overpressure and vent to flare. Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| 101404 2007-12-02 | Flare | Cause: compressor problem leads to release to flare Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| 101331 2007-11-29 | No information given | Cause: #1 prefract loss feed to tower, tower over pressured released SO2 Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| 101218 2007-11-22 | Valve packing | Cause: valve packing started leaking Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| No LDEQ Reported 2007-11-18 | None Reported | Cause: conveyor belt fire. Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| 100093 2007-10-11 | Sulfur Plant | Cause: power failure. Followup: No Notes: Letter states that no RQ's were exceeded | |
| 99999 2007-10-05 | Emergency Flare System | Cause: power failure. Followup: No Notes: CRLLC followed the Loss of Power Emergency Shutdown Procedures for each unit. | Nitrogen Dioxide: 1,097.0 pounds |
| 99861 2007-09-30 | No information given | Cause: pressure safety valve release Followup: No Notes: Letter from CRLLC states that no RQ's were exceeded; DEQ letter estimates that there was a release of 2718 lbs of SO2 | |
| 99870 2007-09-30 | #2 Flare | Cause: pressure safety valve release Followup: No Notes: Letter states that no RQ's were exceeded | |
| 98823 2007-08-21 | None Reported | Cause: see notes. Backed up fuel drum and fuel drum went to flare. Followup: No Notes: Letter states that no RQ's were exceeded | |
| 98210 2007-07-29 | None Reported | Cause: see notes. Hydrocracker 2nd stage heater tripped F-2301 & 2307. 2nd stage C2302 reactor overheated & over-pressured, vented to #2 flare. Followup: No Notes: DEQ report states that emissions were BRQ | |
| 98057 2007-07-23 | No information given | Cause: see notes. Amine Contactor Tower had flooded Followup: No Notes: Root cause under investigation | Hydrogen Sulfide: 1,134.0 pounds |
| 98089 2007-07-22 | No information given | Cause: compressor had a problem with the coency of water, unable to carry load, flare staged releasing Followup: No Notes: Algiers AAM site had readings of 134 ppb | |
| 97616 2007-07-05 | #2 Crude Unit | Cause: see notes.Fire involving hydrocarbons from heavy oil. Followup: No Notes: Letter states that no RQ's were exceeded | |
| 96571 2007-05-27 | Naphtha Storage Tank #36 | Cause: see notes. Small hole develops in floating roof of tank permitting vapors to escape. Followup: No Notes: Letter written to rescind notification of 5/27 concerning release of VOCs, Benzene, Xylene | |
| 95462 2007-04-19 | Waste Gas Compressor | Cause: see notes. natural gas was escaping from the natural gas supply regulator for the engine driver of the the Waste Gas Compressor. Followup: No Notes: operators attempted to stop the leak by adjusting the supply pressure. The compressor was shutdown and the gas supply header was isolated. Internal bladder replaced. | Methane: 1,201.0 pounds |
| 95360 2007-04-15 | Sox Scrubber Stack | Cause: see notes. the FCC gas expander triggered a shutdown of the FCC. The pressure in the unit discharged to the atmosphere via the Sox scrubber stack. Followup: No Notes: Letter sent to rescind notification concerning release of SO2 and PM. Cleared the valves of catalyst. Expander was restarted at a reduced rate. | Sulfur Dioxide: 265.0 pounds Non-speciated Volatile Organic Compounds: 17,043.0 pounds Particulate Matter: 4.0 pounds |
| 94825 2007-03-22 | CRLLC Shipment | Cause: see notes. CRLLC accidentally sends hazardous waste to landfill Followup: No Notes: CRLLC promptly notified Woodside Landfill on 3/22/07. Woodside isolated the waste an implemented their waste rejection plan. By 3/24/07 PM, 440 tons of waste were containerized into 25 roll-off boxes, removed from the facility and transported for interim storage. | Sludge: 64,000.0 pounds |
| 94692 2007-03-18 | Gas Recovery Unit - # 1 flare | Cause: see notes. #2 coker wet gas compressor and the GRU experienced pressure swings causing the temp. in the comp. to increase and shutdown. Followup: No Notes: control valve in the GRU was out of calibration. Control valve was sending false signals to the control room indicating that the valve was 100% open. The valve was replaced. | Sulfur Dioxide: 1,572.0 pounds |
| 94536 2007-03-11 | #2 Coker Unit | Cause: see notes. Fire in the #2 Coker Unit. Followup: No Notes: Letter sent to rescind notification of 3/11/07 concerning release of SO2 | Sulfur Dioxide: 380.0 pounds 0 |
| 94124 2007-02-22 | WWTP Outfall 110 | Cause: see notes. WWTP became upset due to recent high levels of contaminants entering the feed unit Followup: No Notes: Sheen of approx. 300 sq ft. Under investigation. | See notes. |
| 110959 2008-11-21 | Light ends plant de-propanizer overhead condenser | Cause: leak from light ends plant de-propanizer overhead condenser Followup: No Notes: CRLLC shutdown the LEP ending the leak. Under investigation. 12/15 letter rescinds prior notification. | |
| 110840 2008-11-17 | None Reported | Cause: tank vent has floating roof which caused tank vent to open Followup: No Notes: Incident involved change in tank service. Letter states that emissions were BRQ. | |
| 110581 2008-11-04 | Outfall 001 | Cause: leak from overhead exchanger Followup: No Notes: CRLLC isolated the deethanizer overhead exchanger and stopped the release to atmosphere | |
| 110547 2008-11-01 | Catfeed Hydrotreater Unit | Cause: developed a leak on C7715, rich DGA flash drum at nozzle weld Followup: No Notes: Letter states that emissions were BRQ. | |
| 110004 2008-10-10 | Once Through Cooling Water System | Cause: heat exchanger leaking Followup: No Notes: Letter states that emissions were BRQ. | |
| 105915 2008-05-23 | #2 Flare | Cause: excess light material in the feed stream caused the Crude 2 Atmospheric Tower to over pressure. CRLLC began processing a new type of crude that caused the upset. Followup: No Notes: CRLLC reduced the Crude 2 Feed rate and made adjustments to the feed rate to reduce the pressure in the atmospheric tower and in the Prefractionator Tower. | Sulfur Dioxide: 922.0 pounds |
| 102577 2008-01-25 | #2 Flare | Cause: liquid from Crude 2 Stabilizer Overhead Receiver carried over into the Waste Gas System Line and froze, plugging the line and initiating a series of problems. Followup: No Notes: CRLLC repaired the level indicator and changed the alarm points on the gas line to the WGS reducing the probability of such an event and enabling faster identification of such an event. The combined activities will prevent future plugging of the line. | Sulfur Dioxide: 1,461.0 pounds |
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