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Accident # | 115847 |
State Police # | 09-1909 |
Accident Date | 2009-06-20 |
Report Date | 2009-06-26 |
Follow-up Date | 2009-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 2490 Minutes | 308F-D-1 (Low Pressure Flare) | NO | YES | NO | 298.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Following various maintenance repairs at the Alkylation Unit, start-up procedures for the FCC Unit were initiated. The FCC Unit started up and some flaring at the Low Pressure flare (308F-D-1) occurred. There were some emissions of sulfur dioxide that occurred during the flaring event, but below RQ.
The Alkylation and Low Sulfur Gasoline Units were subsequently started up following the FCC Unit with no further flaring or venting noted. Community monitoring was performed throughout the start-up of all three refinery process unites with no offsite impact noted.
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