some of the higher readings from the three community ambient air monitors
...................JANUARY-2012-St-Bernard-Air-Quality-Report
.....................FEBRUARY-2012-St-Bernard-Air-Quality-Report
...............MARCH-2012-Air-Quality-Report-St-Bernard-Parish
............APRIL 2012 St Bernard Air Quality Report
2012 Offsite Log:
Residents Offsite Log April 14 to May 13
Residents Offsite log March 14 to April 14
Residents Offsite log for Feb 9 to March 14
Residents Offsite log Jan 10 to Feb 4
Residents offsite log early December to Jan 10 2012
2012 Valero incident reports to CAP meeting:
Report for May 2012
Report for April 2012
Report for March 2012
Report for Februrary 2012
Report for January 2012
Report for December 2011
April 3rd Rain Event emergency flaring at Valero after lightning strike
May 2 2012 power outage. SO2 emissions from SRU 500 ppm, 1,850 pounds SO2 emssions from flares, H2S level in fuel drum 300 ppm.
May 8 2012 635 pounds SO2 from flares.
April 2 2012 hydrocracker shutdown startup 4,500 pounds SO2 emissions at flare.
April 10 2012 refinery outage from power interruption 4,000 plus SO2 emissions at flare and over 1,000 pounds SO2 at sulfur recovery units.
April 13 - April 14 noise associated with flaring
March 13th Tank 80-4 had a floor leak. Leak onto concrete, tank is being emptied for repairs.
Feb 9 2012 Sour Gas Flaring
Feb 9 flare emitted sulfur dioxide (SO2) at a rate of 145 pounds per hour, nearly one and one half times the 97.7 pounds per hour permitted rate for SO2 at the flare. Estimated emissions in excess of permited levels: 1250 pounds So2, 12 pounds hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
Feb 7 2012 Hydrocracker Incident
Feb 7 flare emitted sulfur dioxide (SO2) at a rate which didnot exceed 1,000 pounds per hour; the permitted rate is 97.7 pounds per hour. Estmiate emsision in excess of permitted levels: 3,000 pounds SO2 and 30 pounds of hydrogen sulfide (H2).
Feb 2012 Report
Includes Hydrocraker Incident and Sour Gas Flaring event. Air permit levels were also exceeded on Feb 24 for the flare's 97.7 #/hr rate for SO2, resulting in emissions of > 500 pounds of SO2 in a 24 hour period, and on Feb 26 for the hydrogen sulfide flow from the fuel gas drum, with H2S>162 ppm three hourly rate average, for three hours.
January 12 2012 Hydrocracker shutdown
HCU shutdown vented Rich Gas to flare, resulting in estimated emissions of 1,450 pounds of SO2 and 14 pounds of hydrogen sulfide. Air permit limits were also exceeded on Jan 12 2012 for hydrogen sulfide at the Area 6 hearters fuel drum, H2S > 162 ppm, 3-HRA for 3 hours and for particulate matter, carbon monoxide, NOx and VOC's #/hour for 15 hours.
Other air permit exceedances in January listed in the Jan 2012 Report
January Hydrocracker shutdown
Sulfur Recovery Unit December incident
Breathing Problems and Nose Bleeds From Murphy emissions
Rain CII Carbon investigation by DEQ Dec 15 2011
Dec 15 2011 Fire Chief Stone observed a purple cloud coming from Rain CII Carbon and filed complaint regarding a chemical/acid odor. DEQ did not detect anything. Yet, the DEQ Ch_Vista Monitor shows steady increase of sulfur dioxide in late hours of December 15 and into early morning of Dec 16th with a peak SO2 hourly reading of 122 ppb, which is well over the EPA one-hour health standard of 75 ppb for SO2........
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/DIVISIONS/Assessment/AirFieldServices/AmbientAirMonitoringProgram/AirMonitoringData.aspx
December 2011 and Early January 2012 Mutliple offsite effects from Valero
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/110761904/December-2011-and-Early-January-2012-incidents
December 13 2012 odors
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8395779&ob=yes&child=yes
Odors making people sick, increasingly worse, infiltrating homes
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8267114&ob=yes&child=yes
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108253394/refinery-offsite-effects-early-December-2011
Reportable release at Valero on 12/14 & 12/15http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8266494&ob=yes&child=yes
flaring Monday 12/12/2011 first noticed around 415pm and into afternoon and through late evening, huge flaring with associated roaring noise throughout neighborhood; southflare burning deep orange
10/18/2011
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8204568&ob=yes&child=yes
11/2/2011
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8204564&ob=yes&child=yes
11/21/2011 new report of structural damages to home from refinery vibrations
9/21/2011 DEQ would not include the actual citizen's report, which is supplemented in the second link
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8161280&ob=yes&child=yes
Second Link: Actual report:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108250725/Refinery-offsite-effect-log-08-23-to-09-18-2011
Log of Offsite Effects September 2011
8/29/2011 refinery shaking houses
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108255001/08-29-2011-vibrations
6/18/2011 manway leak
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8046685&ob=yes&child=yes
6/20/2011 venting hydrogen to flare
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8134815&ob=yes&child=yes
6/19/2011 diesel material in municipal rain ditch; facility cannot locate leak
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8196314&ob=yes&child=yes
6/14/2011 burning sulfur smell burned air passages
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8204562&ob=yes&child=yes
6/14/2011 strong smell of burning sulfur
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8204560&ob=yes&child=yes
5/18/2011 Odor in air, swollen nasal passages, coughing
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8136050&ob=yes&child=yes
5/11/2011 heavy sulfur odor, nasal passages and eyes burning ---
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8346745&ob=yes&child=yes
DEQ returned to site within a couple of days and found no odor. The refinery reported a number of pollutants in excess of the air permit levels, including pollutants from the No. 2 FCC stack due to an issue with the west flue gas slide valve, SO2, CO, NOx, PM10, Benzene, Toulene, and Formaldahyde at the North and South flare and VOCs and PM10 at teh Cooling Tower. See EDMS document 825329
5/7/2011
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7998855&ob=yes&child=yes
Log April and June 2011
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108251246/04-30-to-06-08-2011-log
3/21/2011 strong odors
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8136054&ob=yes&child=yes
3/12/2011 smoky release
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8026392&ob=yes&child=yes
Flare gas report 2005 to 2009
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7884045&ob=yes&child=yes
Permit Deviations and Exceedances Reports
North and South Flare permit limits were exceeded throughout the year of 2011.
Maximum hourly emission limits (Pre-EPA Consent Decree Project)
North Flare South Flare
CO < 10.08 lb/hr CO < 15.26 lb/hr
NOx< 1.85 lb/hr NOx < 2.80 lb/hr
PM10 < 0.20 pb/hr PM10 < 0.31 lb/hr
VOC < 3.81 lb/hr VOC < 5.77 lb/hr
SO2 < 5.30 lb/hr SO2 < 506.22 lb/hr
Benzene < 0.15 lb/hr
Formaldeyde < 0.31 lb/hr
Toluene < 0.08 lb/hr
[N. Flare emission estimates of SO2 are based on the measured concentration of SO2 in the flare gas (not factors) and the same combustion flow assumptions]
{S. Flare Compliance is based on an engineering analysis of H2S rich stream venting to the flare plus estimates of gas flow to the flare. The facility is to implement real-time monitoring based on continuous flow metering plus daily GC analysis of flare gas.}
Document did not list limits at S. Flare for Benzene, Formaldeyde, Toluene
pg 15 - 17 of LDEQ document number 8255329 also available at this link
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8255329&ob=yes&child=yes
