Request conveyance notice for tanks 250-1, 250-2, 250-3 (tanks in area of Hurricane Katrina tank rupture). this tank farm's rain water drains into our neighborhood canal. the maximum remaining concentration of contaminants are for industrial use only.
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8196314&ob=yes&child=yes June 2011-- 10 gallons of diesel material in rain ditch along state highway between terminal and refinery. cannot locate a leak.
7/18/2011 Residents reports sheets of water overflow again into neighborhood on processing campus side
7/18/2011 Refinery reports oil sheen in canal and emergency use of sluice gates open to canal
September 4, 2011 day after Tropical Storm Lee, seems as if the municipal pipe is being used again to reduce levels
Murphy Oil Refinery flooding neighborhood (around the 4:14 minute mark)
June 8 2009 rain event
Residents Complain of Flooding from Refinery
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality..........
"A site visit...revealed there was no evidence the refinery had overflowed its western ditch"
"...evaluated the ditches, natural drains, and stormwater system....no problem areas were found with the facility. No further action."
"it is not [Murphy] employees using the pipeline as a parking area"
December 2009 Rain Leads to Oil Runoff Near Murphy Refinery
Parish, State Investigating As Company Begins Cleanup
DEQ looking into oily discharge
booms which were lining the neighborhood canal have been removed (as of Mid March 2010); this leaves residents to question what is the plan next time the forcast calls for rain?
There seems to be a pattern of a tan colored discharge through the muncipal pipe before or after a heavy rain event,sometimes accompanied by booms around the refinery ponds. It is not unusual to see a refinery sump truck at the ponds before or after a heavy rain event.
sand bags make for a questionable spill conatainment plan
hurricane season or not, neighborhood canals should not be used
