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Year	Number of Incident Reports				Number of Pollutants	Amount of Pollutants		Citizen Complaints
	Reportable Quantities Released	Below Reportable Quantities Released	No Information Given	Total		pounds	gallons
2005	1	0	23	24	16	105,314	2,310	2
2006	0	0	27	27	6	37,841	0	1
2007	0	1	37	38	19	40,316	603	0
2008	0	0	41	41	16	45,463	2,102,581	0
2009	0	0	25	25	35	63,255	11,199	0
2010	0	2	18	20	31	56,697	115,124	0
2011	9	1	4	14	31	100,903	935	0
2012	11	5	0	16	11	819,914	0	0
2013	7	5	5	17	28	170,921	309	0
Total	28	14	180	222	94	1,440,624	2,233,061	3

 

Pollution Summary

Year	Greenhouse Gases	Criteria Pollutants	Ozone Forming Chemicals
			pounds	gallons
2005	736	83,625	1,563	0
2006	0	37,068	830	0
2007	0	16,908	7,356	336
2008	0	38,494	3,631	0
2009	0	30,744	30,794	0
2010	0	47,701	2,312	112,910
2011	933	18,644	78,258	84
2012	0	31,473	328	0
2013	0	162,064	14,479	4
Total	1,670	466,720	139,550	113,334

 

By causal factor

Causal Factor	Number of Accident Reports
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Corrosion	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	6
				2,100,000 gal	22,290 lb	1,540 lb	38,522 lb		25 gal	62,352 lb 2,104,225 gal
Equipment Design	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
				930 lb	399 gal			788,000 lb		788,930 lb 399 gal
Equipment Failure	3	10	14	11	3	5	2	11	3	65
	21,855 lb	9,744 lb	20,727 lb	25,000 lb	9,977 lb	6,651 lb	2,546 lb	16,514 lb	5,883 lb	122,252 lb 1,330 gal
Human Factors	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
			625 lb				30 lb			655 lb
Instrument Failure	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	8
	23,000 lb	1,200 lb		270 lb	1,050 lb	4,874 lb	1,334 lb			31,727 lb 210 gal
Maintenance/Procedures	1	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	2	17
				12,239 lb	4,421 lb	35,230 lb			3,418 lb	55,307 lb
No Information Given	2	2	7	1	1	2	1	0	2	19
		800 lb	467 gal	1,008 gal			2,121 lb		52 gal	2,921 lb 1,527 gal
Other	4	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	19
	36,094 lb	2,280 lb		3,978 lb						42,352 lb 901 gal
Piping or Tubing	4	2	6	4	7	5	2	0	1	31
	2,100 gal	1,980 lb	14,404 lb	2,831 lb	236 lb	4,690 lb	924 gal		1,309 lb	25,450 lb 117,496 gal
Power Failure	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6
									105,899 lb	114,158 lb
Process Upset	4	1	5	2	1	1	5	1	2	26
	24,365 lb	5,600 lb	4,560 lb	420 gal	1,807 lb	621 lb	56,351 lb	13,736 lb	5,348 lb	129,862 lb 6,420 gal
Seal or Gasket	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
						194 gal			200 gal	394 gal
Start Up, Shut Down	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	9
				215 lb						215 lb
Under Investigation	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	9
		16,237 lb				3,091 lb		1,664 lb	49,064 lb	70,056 lb 22 gal
Weather	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	10
	BRQ				23,475 lb		11 gal			29,883 lb 137 gal

 

Pollution Summary by number of accident reports

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Number of Accident Reports
				2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Sulfur Dioxide		X		10	18	20	25	10	7	6	13	9	127
Hydrogen Sulfide				4	9	10	12	6	4	6	9	7	77
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	7	7	5	8	4	3	5	7	6	56
Carbon Monoxide		X		6	7	4	3	3	2	1	7	6	45
Particulate Matter		X		5	7	1	2	3	1	0	8	5	34
Nitrogen Oxide		X	X	1	7	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	17
Sulfuric Acid				1	0	3	2	1	4	0	0	1	11
NOx			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9
Benzene			X	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	1	8
Propylene			X	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	8
NOx			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7
Vacuum Gas Oil				0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	7
Nitrogen Dioxide		X	X	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	7
BRQ				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Nitrous Oxide	X	X	X	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Toluene				0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	5
Diesel Fuel			X	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	5
Crude Oil				0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	5
Crude Oil/Oily material				0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Ethylbenzene			X	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	4
1,3-Butadiene			X	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3
Ethane			X	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
Propane			X	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Isobutane			X	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
Particulate Matter 10		X		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3
Hexane				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
Light Cycle Oil			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
Xylene				0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Naphthalene			X	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Lead				0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons			X	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Hydrocarbon			X	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Phenol				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Methane	X		X	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
m&p-xylene				0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
o-Xylene				0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Wastewater				0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Formaldehyde			X	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
n-Butane				0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Isopentane			X	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Gas Oil				0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
n-Pentane				0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Unknown Substance				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Slurry Oil				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
1-Butene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Phenylamine				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Cresol			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Propylene oxide				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nitrogen Gas				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Phenanthrene				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
See Notes				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Oily Wastewater				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Hydrostatic Test Dye				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Heavy Premium Coker Gas Oil				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hydrogen Cyanide				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
cis-2-Pentene				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Isobutylene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Elemental Sulfur				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hazardous Waste				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
trans-2-Butene				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ethylene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2-Methyl-2-Butene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
cis-2-Butene				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
3-Methyl-1-Butene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1-Pentene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2-Methyl-1 Butene			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
trans-2-Pentene				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total Organic Carbon				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOCs)				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Slop Oil				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gasoline			X	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Oil				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hydrogen Chloride				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Alkylate				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Arsenic				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mercaptan			X	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Oil and Process Waste Water				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Recirculating cooling water				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sour Crude				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Primary Sludge				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Asbestos				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sulfur Oxides				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Oil and Coke Dust				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Smoke				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Vacuum Bottoms, Gas Oil, 6 Oil				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
F037 Hazardous Waste				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
n-Hexane				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cumene			X	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene			X	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Methanol			X	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ammonia				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1-methylnaphthalene				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2-methylnaphthalene				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
F038 Hazardous Waste				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
All Releases	2	7	34	24	27	38	41	25	20	14	16	17	222

 

Pollution Summary by amount released

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Units	Amount of Release
					2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Vacuum Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	0	2,100,252	462	0	840	0	0	2,101,554
Hydrogen Cyanide				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	788,000	0	788,000
Sulfur Dioxide		X		pounds	79,420	35,575	21,476	37,824	27,496	47,238	16,545	29,467	132,405	455,397
Diesel Fuel			X	gallons	0	0	126	0	0	112,910	0	0	0	113,036
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	pounds	1,545	106	138	3,527	26,598	2,090	45,393	96	5,068	86,129
Carbon Monoxide		X		pounds	4,163	707	376	564	1,525	247	783	1,990	21,215	32,210
Hydrogen Sulfide				pounds	19,408	667	4,396	531	445	646	4,389	123	847	31,560
Isobutane			X	pounds	0	0	834	0	0	0	28,000	0	0	28,834
Sulfuric Acid				pounds	0	0	11,100	2,831	230	6,230	0	0	0	18,291
Nitrogen Dioxide		X	X	pounds	0	0	0	39	1,463	0	0	0	8,065	9,567
Recirculating cooling water				gallons	0	0	0	0	6,000	0	0	0	0	6,000
Hydrocarbon			X	pounds	0	0	4,560	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,560
Sour Crude				gallons	0	0	0	0	4,200	0	0	0	0	4,200
n-Butane				pounds	0	0	2,596	0	0	0	437	0	0	3,033
Propylene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	2,195	19	180	0	83	2,477
Nitrogen Oxide		X	X	pounds	18	724	74	65	0	202	1,215	10	0	2,279
Slurry Oil				gallons	2,100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2,125
Propane			X	pounds	0	0	1,273	0	0	0	436	0	0	1,709
Sulfur Dioxide		X		BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	1,645
Propylene oxide				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,309	1,309
F038 Hazardous Waste				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	1,300	0	0	0	1,300
Crude Oil				gallons	0	0	0	1,176	0	0	0	0	50	1,226
Benzene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	60	0	1,100	0	26	1,186
NOx			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	1,042	1,116
Total Organic Carbon				pounds	0	0	0	0	1,084	0	0	0	0	1,084
Unknown Substance				gallons	0	0	0	1,008	0	0	0	0	0	1,008
Methane	X		X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	933	0	0	933
Ethane			X	pounds	0	0	156	0	0	0	601	0	0	757
Nitrous Oxide	X	X	X	pounds	736	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	745
Oily Wastewater				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	720	0	0	0	720
Particulate Matter		X		pounds	24	62	1	2	260	2	0	6	357	718
m&p-xylene				pounds	0	0	0	0	514	0	0	0	0	514
Isopentane			X	pounds	0	0	409	0	0	0	72	0	0	481
NOx			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	189	179	472
Toluene				pounds	0	0	0	0	456	0	0	0	15	471
Oil and Process Waste Water				gallons	0	0	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	399
Hexane				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	263	356
Crude Oil/Oily material				gallons	0	0	252	0	84	0	0	0	0	336
Sulfuric Acid				gallons	0	0	10	125	0	0	0	0	200	335
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	305	0	0	0	0	305
n-Pentane				pounds	0	0	118	0	0	0	122	0	0	240
o-Xylene				pounds	0	0	0	0	217	0	0	0	0	217
Vacuum Bottoms, Gas Oil, 6 Oil				gallons	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	210
Gasoline			X	gallons	0	0	210	0	0	0	0	0	0	210
Wastewater				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	194	0	0	0	194
1-Butene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	140
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	BRQ	BRQ	0	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	135
Particulate Matter 10		X		pounds	0	0	0	0	0	11	100	0	22	134
n-Hexane				pounds	0	0	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	120
Ethylbenzene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	105	0	0	0	0	105
Isobutylene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	105	0	0	105
Light Cycle Oil			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	0	4	88
Arsenic				pounds	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	80
2-methylnaphthalene				pounds	0	0	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	73
Naphthalene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	61	0	0	0	2	63
cis-2-Pentene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	63
trans-2-Butene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0	0	61
F037 Hazardous Waste				gallons	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	42
cis-2-Butene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	42
1-methylnaphthalene				pounds	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	37
Heavy Premium Coker Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	30
2-Methyl-1 Butene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	25
trans-2-Pentene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	22
3-Methyl-1-Butene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	21
Alkylate				gallons	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	20
1,3-Butadiene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	12	17
1-Pentene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	14
Hazardous Waste				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	11
Sulfur Oxides				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
2-Methyl-2-Butene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	11
Primary Sludge				gallons	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	10
Xylene				pounds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	10
Ethylene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	8
Cumene			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
Slop Oil				gallons	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Phenol				pounds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Formaldehyde			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Lead				pounds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Methanol			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ammonia				pounds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cresol			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phenylamine				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xylene				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Phenanthrene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
See Notes				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRQ				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carbon Monoxide		X		BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nitrous Oxide	X	X	X	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elemental Sulfur				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrogen Sulfide				BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0
Hydrocarbon			X	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil and Coke Dust				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asbestos				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOCs)				BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diesel Fuel			X	BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nitrogen Dioxide		X	X	BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Propane			X	BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrogen Chloride				BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mercaptan			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Smoke				BRQ	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Nitrogen Gas				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Gas Oil				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Sulfuric Acid				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Hydrostatic Test Dye				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Wastewater				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Propylene			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	0	0
Benzene			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0
Particulate Matter		X		BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0
Unknown Substance				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0

 

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