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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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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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response.epa.gov/CitgoRefineryFireCorpus
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