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Albemarle PD Corp (669), Baton Rouge
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 121161 |
| State Police # | 10-00622 |
| Accident Date | 2010-01-31 |
| Report Date | 2010-02-01 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Diethyl Ether | No information given | Heated hot box | NO | NO | NO |
Accident Classified As: No Information Given
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure
The material (50% Diethyl Ether) went into a heated hot box and started leaking to atmosphere.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
Notes/Remedial Actions
The heat in the hot box was turned off in order to cool it down. There is no LDEQ report in the file, so all the information given here was obtained from the State Police report. At the time of the State Police report, the exact amount released was still being determined.
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