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Motiva Enterprises, LLC, Norco

Releases of Slurry Oil

LDEQ Incident Number
Incident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
81012

2005-08-04		RCCU Flare (EPN #8-84), West Operations Ground Flare (WOGF- EPN 9-84)
Cause: maintenance was turning a blind when contents from the line started spraying; flaring occurred following the event

Followup: Yes

Notes: Under further investigation; no flare smoking occurred during this incident; remedial measures: vacuum trucks were deployed to try to capture the Oil in the RCCU drainage system, additional adjustments made to minimize the forward flow into the main fractionator column while isolations were made to the slurry system