Thursday, May 28, 2015

for better or worse




 May 2015 Reformer unit unexpected shutdown, followed by Hydrocracker process gas flaring due to power outage, flaring at north flare


Feb 15 2015 R O S E Unit fire evacuated workers


Feb 25 gas unit had to vent to flare


Feb 12 gas unit had to vent to flare


Feb 10 gas unit had to vent to flare


Jan 9 gas unit had to vent to flare


Jan 15 2015 emergency incident amine unit


Dec 16 2014  fuel odor


Nov 28 2014 hydrocracker project startup


Nov 14 2014 flare on fire


Oct 17 2014 smoke at flares


Oct 13 2014 Fire Dept received numerous complaints of odors


Sept 8 2014 diesel odor in air


Sept 3 2014 flaring and vibrations


August 31 2014 Sheriff Dept asking about smoke from flare


Aug 31 2014 billowing smoke from flare


Aug 30 2014 flaring


Aug 28 – 29 same nasty odor in neighborhood


Aug 28 – 29  a worker’s personal hydrogen sulfide detector alarm was set off


Aug 27 flaring


Aug 27 hydrogen sulfide odor


Aug 26 sitting on the flare more frequently, odor and noise

Aug 26 - Aug 28 EPA Risk Management Inspection Report with one dozen areas of concern


Aug 16 2014 sulfur dioxide at flare


Aug 15 2014 odor in air assumption that it is Hydrogen sulfide


Aug 3 odors again, cannot be outside, headache, sinus and coughing


Aug 2 nose bleeds


Aug 1 lots of flaring


July 29 -31 sounds like an airport


July 29 flaring for extended period of time


June 25 oil sheen in river


June 2 flaring, black smoke, odors and vibration


June 2 alky unit sent to flare, event lasted until June 3


April 24 very strong chemical smell, unexpected shutdown of benzene unit


April 21 boom heard, flaring at high velocity


April 21 rumbling from flare, associated odors


April 20 unexpected shutdown SRU


April 12 putrid, nauseating odor


April 2 hydrogen sulfide odors


Feb 23 2014 flammable gas emissions at flare


Feb 10 2014 SRU shutdown


Feb 7 sulfur dioxide at flare


Feb 7 SRU shutdown


Feb 2 sour garbage natural gas odor, nauseated, coughing, loud noise, burnt smell, getting worse


Feb 1 strong sulfur odor, getting worse, not able to have outside ventilation, two weeks prior the odor infiltrated home


Jan 18 no windows opened in house last three days and can still smell chemicals in air. Air quality is terrible


Jan 8  2014 flaring with obnoxious noise and pungent odors; reports of vibrations to homes  sulfur dioxide permit limits violated rates at the flare  


 and these are just the ones reported to LDEQ





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