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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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| From: |
Mark Hayes
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| To: |
R6 PolRep TX, Response and Prevention Branch
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Debbie Dietrich, Office of Emergency Management
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Sam Coleman, Superfund Division
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Chris Petersen, Superfund Division
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Subject:
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Initiation of Action
Citgo Refinery Fire
1801 Nueces Bay Blvd,
Corpus Christi, TX
Latitude: 27.8093090
Longitude: -97.4266880
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| POLREP No.: |
1
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Site #:
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| Reporting Period: |
19-21 July 2009
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D.O. #:
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| Start Date: |
7/19/2009
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Response Authority:
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CERCLA
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Mob Date: |
7/20/2009
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Response Type:
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Emergency
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NPL Status:
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Incident Category:
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Contract #
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On 19 July 2009, at approximately 0835 hours, an equipment failure resulted causing a fire of released Butane and a potential release of Hydrogen Fluoride from a #2 Alkylation Unit at the Citgo Corpus Christi east plant. Perimeter monitoring conducted by TCEQ and Citgo did not detect any VOCs or Hydrogen Fluoride. The fire fighting and water spray suppression appear to have prevented any releases from being detectable at the site perimeter. One injury resulted from the initial fire.
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On 20 July 2009 at 1800 hours EPA OSC Mark Hayes and Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START-3) arrived on-site. START-3 was tasked to collect a water sample at the wastewater treatment outfall 001 and begin perimeter air monitoring for VOCs and Hydrogen Fluoride.
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None planned at this time.
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Continue perimeter monitoring and coordinate with other state and federal agencies. Potentially collect additional water samples to monitor plant discharge.
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There has been a non-detect of VOCs and Hydrogen Flouride from air monitoring around the perimeter of the facility. Monitoring is ongoing of fire fighting efforts and the potential for Hydrogen Flouride release.
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Budgeted |
Total To Date |
Remaining |
% Remaining |
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Extramural Costs
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Intramural Costs
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| Total Site Costs |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
0.00% |
* The above accounting of expenditures is an estimate based on figures known to the OSC at the time this report was written. The OSC does not necessarily receive specific figures on final payments made to any contractor(s). Other financial data which the OSC must rely upon may not be entirely up-to-date. The cost accounting provided in this report does not necessarily represent an exact monetary figure which the government may include in any claim for cost recovery.
response.epa.gov/CitgoRefineryFireCorpus
POLREP #1 Last Updated 12/1/2009
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