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United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
POLLUTION REPORT
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| Date: |
Tuesday, September 15, 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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Final
Citgo Refinery Fire
1801 Nueces Bay Blvd,
Corpus Christi, TX
Latitude: 27.8093090
Longitude: -97.4266880
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| POLREP No.: |
9
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Site #:
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A6R9
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| Reporting Period: |
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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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| Demob Date: |
7/31/2009
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NPL Status:
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Non NPL
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| Completion Date: |
9/15/2009
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Incident Category:
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Removal Assessment
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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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EPA continues to correspond with federal and state agencies as needed.
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There are no removal actions planned.
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There has been a non-detect of VOCs and HF from air monitoring around the perimeter of the facility.
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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 #9 Last Updated 10/20/2009
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