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Calumet Lubricants 8 (1214), Shreveport

Causal Factor: Instrument Failure

LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date	Point Source(s)	Notes	Amount of Release
84419 2005-12-09	Deaerator	Cause: The hydrogen plant went down and they sent the hydrogen to the flare. The plant went down due to a frozen level control on the deareator. This caused a bright orange 20 ft. flare. No hydrocarbons were released. Followup: Yes Notes: Strong odor, numerous community complaints. Calumet will followup on the amount of hydrogen that was lost.
80723 2005-07-22	Tank 105	Cause: T-105 was overfilled and released P-80 in a diked area. Tank gauge stuck earlier in the day. Followup: No Notes: Stopped the flow into the tank and vac trucked the oil to recycle tank/remediation of soil. Some went into the process sewer system; reported 100+ barrels spilled on the ground, not sure how much went into the process sewer system.	Lubricating Oil: 420.0 gallons
76500 2005-01-27	Tank 181	Cause: Tank 181 was over run and released 25 barrels of P-80 to the ground. It was contained within the tank berm. Followup: No Notes: The cause notes said that operational procedure was not followed, making it appear to be human error. Upon closer reading, the report notes that the person should have known that the guage on that particular tank sticks and should have paid more attention. Remedial action stated that the facility began and finished vacuuming the product for recycle.	Paraffinic Lube P-80 Crude: 1,050.0 gallons
119349 2009-11-08	tank farm	Cause: Approximately 700 barrels of naphtha were discharged from the roof of tank 58. The gauging system had failed and manual readings were not taken. Followup: Yes Notes: Stopped flow into tank, foamed product,removed naphtha from within diked area.	Naphtha: 29,400.0 gallons
117485 2009-08-23	tank farm	Cause: T-31 was overflowing due to level indicator not working. Day shift operators discovered the overflowing product and switched the incoming product to a different tank (T195) and isolated T-31. Followup: No Notes: Blocked in tank cleaned up product. Utilized vac trucks to remove product from water surface.	Isomerate: 210.0 pounds
154175 2014-02-27	overflow pipe	Cause: On February 27, 2014 at approximately 13:20, an overflow pipe was discovered on an underground oil/water separator at the East tank farm. The level transmitter that controls oil/water separator level malfunctioned at the sump, which resulted in oil backing up in the system and released of crude oil to the ground. The release impacted an area of 20 ft by 40 ft. Followup: No Notes: Immediate corrective action was to start pumps manually and repair the level controller. 10 cubic yards of waste was excavated and disposed at Woolworth landfill. At the time of inspection by LDEQ, stained soil spots were noted at various areas at the East Sump Separator due to historic contamination.	Slop Oil: 168.0 gallons
153352 2014-01-07	NIG	Cause: It was reported on January 7, 2014 that boilers shut down due to the level transmitter freezing up, therefore there was not enough steam to run the amine unit. Sulfur built up in the fuel gas and caused sulfur dioxide to be released into the atmosphere. Followup: No Notes: According to the Field Interview Form from LDEQ, the same problem occurred the day before on January 6, 2014. On January 7, 2014, a release of 520 pounds of sulfur dioxide was reported. The field interview form states that approximately 895 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released during the incident. Field interview form also states that there was an average concentration of 1680 ppm hydrogen sulfide during the accident. No other documents available for this incident besides the Field Interview Form.	Sulfur Dioxide: 895.0 pounds