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# ExxonMobil Chemical Company

- Baton Rouge Plastics Plant FY 20 13 Inspection 

# Se ction I- INTROD UCT ION PURPOSE
OF TH E
I NS PE C TION On June
ll

- 13, 2013

, an unannounced Clean Air Act (CAA) partial compliance evaluation ( PCE) was conducted

b y the United States Envirorunental Protection Agency (EPA)

- Region

6 at the ExxonMobil

C hemical Compan y- Baton Rouge Plastics Plant (the Facility) located

at 11675 Scotland-Zachary Highway

( Louisiana

19) in Baton Rouge

, Loui

s iana. The inspection was conducted under the authority granted
by Section 114 of the CAA. The purpose
of the inspection was to survey
all operating process units
to locate excess emissions from leaks

, unpermitted releases

, or other discharges

to ambient
air that do not conform with permit requirements. During the inspection

, we
u sed the following monitoring

eq uipm ent to locate emissions:

1) FL IR ® Infrared cameras (IR cameras),

2) Ion Science

® Pho Check Tiger
® Photoionization Detectors

(P ID s), and 3) Thermo Scientific

® Toxic Vapor Analyzers (TV As) 10008. U pon entry

, Mr. Craig Lut z, Ms. Doroth

y Crawford

, Ms.

J ennifer Gibbs

, and

I 

# (Mr. Greg Valentine) proceeded

to the guardhouse

to check

in

, obtain vis

i tor badges, and view the required sa fety video. We were joined there by Mr. Cory Lormand

, Louisiana Department

of E nvironmental Quality (LDEQ) CAA inspector.
Mr. Pat 

# A. Carrasco, Sen

i or Environmental Coo rdinator

, was notifi ed of our arrival
by th e guard and met us at

t h e guardho

u se. Mr. Lu tz, Ms. Gibbs, and

I presented

o ur credentia

l s. Ms. Crawfo

rd also present
ed her gover nment identification

to Mr. Carrasco

, who then escorted

us to a conference room

, where we were met by Ms. Erin C. Ha ll
, Environmental Specialist. 

# FAC ILITY

D ESC RIPTIO

N The Facility employs 214 full-time ExxonMobil employees
and 111 contract workers. The Facility operates twenty-four
(24) hours

a day

, seven (7) days

a week

, and 365 days

a year. There are seven (7) production lines (A-Line through G-Line) and

a Purge Gas Purification Unit (PGPU)

at the Fac ilit y that were scheduled

to be monitored during this inspection. After our arrival, Mr. Carrasco notified

us that the PGPU had recently finished

a turn-around and the operators were having

i ssues bringing the unit back

o nlin e. The PGPU was not monitored during this inspection because the Facility could not get the unit to operate while we we

r e on site. Additiona

ll y, D-Lin

e was off-l in e during the entire inspection
and was not monitored. Production Lines

A through

F manufacture

Low density
po

l yethylene (LOPE) through the po

l ymerization

of ethy

l e n e and other chemicals

in a high pressure process. Production Line
G manufactures ethylene

e la stomers using

a low-pr essure slmry process. The PGPU purifies ethy lene recycle gas from the Facility

's operations
and auxiliary feed streams
for process reuse. Block Flow Dia grams for Production
Lin es A through

G are provided

in Attac hm ent A

. 

# 2ExxonMobi

l Chemical Company

- Baton

R ouge Plastics Plant FY 2013

I nspccti

o n Section II-OBSERVA

T IONS After making entry on June
II

, 2013, Mr. Carrasco escorted
the

t eam to a conference room

, w here we we

r e greeted
by M s. Hall and began the entrance briefing.

A sign-in

s heet for the entrance briefing

is provided

as Attac hm ent B
. Mr. Lutz explained
the purpose and process
of the inspection
and told Mr. Ca rrasco

a n d Ms.
ll a ll that the
p l an was to conduct
wa lk-thr

o u gh surveys
of a ll process unit

s at th e Facilit

y u s in g IR ca m e r as, PIO
s, a nd TV As. Mr. Lutz requested that at

l east

o n e (

l ) of the Facility'

s L eak D etection and R epa ir (LDAR) contractors accompany

us during

t h e walk-throug

h to confirm

a n y leak
s. The Facil

i ty's onsi

t e LDAR contractor

i s J acobs Field Services (JFS ). Th e JFS personnel who accompanied

us during our facility wa

l k-through were Mr

. Craig Duga

s and Mr.

J ack Alderman. Mr. Carrasco

a nd M
s . Hall

i nformed

us th at

t h e r e we re five (5)

r eac tors ons

i te (fo ur (4) hi g h pressure and one

( 1 ) l ow pre ss ure). In add

i t i on to Method

21 LDAR monitoring

, JFS personn

e l also conduct monthly surveys

(2 to 3 da ys each
in duration

) of the facilit

y u s in g an IR camera. Typ icall y, th e s urve ys are conducted

in area

s not covered

b y a forma

l LDAR

p r ogram

. The

I R camera

i s sha

r ed with another ExxonMobil

fac ili ty located

n ea
r th e Facilit

y
. Mr. Ca rr asco also informed

th e team that th e re a r e two (2) cont inu ous use flares onsite. For their narcs

, the Facility mon

it ors stea m to gas

r a tio. Th ey rep

l ace
d the flare tip of FL -1 three (3) yea

r s ago and are close
to replacing
the FL-3

fl are tip. According

to MI. Carrasco,
the Vent Gas Net Heating Va

l ue

i s se
t at 800 Bri tish Th erma

l Units per standard cubic foot

( BTU

/ scf) for the flares

, which never gets close
to the 300 BTU

/ scf minimum regulatory limit.

P rior to break

i ng fo r lunch

, it was decid ed that we would begin the

r emain

i ng days of the in spec tion at 7:30am

in order
to limit the faci

l ity wa lk-thr

o u g h s during the hottest part of the day

s . After the entrance briefing

, we took

a break
fo r lun ch
a nd to g i ve u s tim
e to ca libr ate

a nd prepare
all th e n ecessa

r y equipment

for the faci lit y wa lk-thr ough. T he following

su bsection

s describe

t h e emissions monitoring activities that were conducted

in each proce ss un it. A Facility Plot Plan

i s pro
v ided in Attac hm

e nt C. Fug iti ve Emiss

i ons I nvestigation Logs,

u sed for recording informat

i on pertaining

to w hat the in spect

i o n team find

s during the process unit wa lk
- thr o u g h s, are prov id e d in Attachment

D
. These subsect ion

s are arranged

in a chrono

l og

i ca

l o r der by w1 it
: G-L in c: Following
the entrance briefing and lunch

/ calibration

b r eak on Tuesday

, June
11

, 2013

, we bega

n the facility walk -thr oug
h of G-Line

. As stated

in the Facility
De sc ription sect

i o n above

, G-Line

m a nufactur

es e th y l ene elastomer

s u s in g a
l ow-p

r ess ur e s lurr
y p r ocess. The

t eam used

t wo (2) lR came

r as and two (2) P!Ds
to detect Vo

l ati

l e Organic H yd rocarbons (VOC) emissio

n s and two (2) TV As to quantify the emissions, when possible.
No em

i ss ion

s were discovered during the wa lk-through

of G-L in c. Following th e wa lk-through

of G-Li

n e, we pro ceeded

to the F-Line cont

r ol room

, where we were informed

t hat the unit was offline; however

, it was expected

to be back on lin e the fo ll ow in g day. Mr. Car

r asco then esco
rt ed u s to E-L in e. E- Lin

e : Durin

g t h e E

- Line walk-through

on Tu esday, June

11

, 2013,

I observed emiss ions coming from

a leakin g s hepherd

' s crook extruder

ve nt (see Attac hm

e nt E

, Video 3ExxonMobilChemicalCompany-BatonRougePlasticsPlantFY2013InspectionMOV_2546)withthelRcamera.ThelocationoftheventpreventedaquantificationreadingfortheVOCsexitingthevent.AportionofaPipingandInstrumentationDiagram(P&ID)showingtheroutingofpipingtothisextruderventisprovidedinAttachmentF.AccordingtoMr.Carrasco,theextrudersforeachunit(A-LinethroughF-Line)aredesignedtoformarearsealusingpolyethylene.ForE-Line'srearseal,coolingwaterissuppliedtoassistinpolyethylenesolidification.Thepolyethyleneintheextrudercancontain1,000to1,500partspermillion(ppm)ofresidualvolatiles(prirnarilyethylene).AccordingtoMr.Canasco,thisiswhatIobservedwiththeIRcamera.TheseemissionsarepermittedLmderEQTOOll01-95(106)-PolymerExtrusion(page4of12)inPermitNo.0840-00018-V8(seeAttachmentG).NootheremissionswereobservedduringtheE-Linewalk-through.Followingthewalk-tlu·oughofE-Linewereturnedtotheconferenceroomtoconductthedailyexitbriefing,whereitwasagreedthattheteamwouldreturntothefacilitythefollowingmorningat7:30AM.UponarrivalatthefacilityonWednesday,June12,2013,wecheckedinattheguardhouse,weremetbyMr.Carrasco,andproceededtotheconferenceroom,whereMr.CarrascoinformedusthatB-Line,D-Line,F-Line,andthePGPUwerestilldown.A-Line:FollowingMr.Carrasco'supdateonwhichprocessunitswereonlineandwhichwerestilldown,weproceededtoA-Linetobeginthewalk-through.Mr.LutzdetectedemissionscomingfromanoldcontainmentsumpnearcomponentV-962-BwithaPID.AccordingtoMr.Carrasco,thesumpis:"frombeforetheinceptionoftheComparableFuelsExclusion,whenthe[adjacent]tankwasconsideredhazardouswaste(i.e.,requiredI00%containment).Duetopipinginthearea,thetoewallcouldnotberaisedenoughtocontainthecontents,thusthesump.Thereisnoconnectivitytothesewerfromthatsump;hence,thebluediaphragmpumponthegrating(shouldbeabletoseeinRIMGOI06)toevacuateaccumulatedstormwatertoanearbysewer.VOCaresuspectedtobefromapipingmodification(madeisolationvalvesmoresafetooperate,i.e.,inabadlocationergonomically)thathappenedshortlybeforeyour[EPA's]arrivalwheresomedeminimisliquidsmayhaveenteredthesump.Thereisa55gallonsatellitestationadjacenttothetankforfiltercleaning."IrecordedIRvideo(seeAttachmentE,VideoMOV_0182)andMs.Crawfordtookdigitalphotographsofthesump(seeAttachmentH,PhotographsRIMGO106andRIMG0107).Ms.GibbsquantifiedtheleakusingaTVAatapproximately13,000ppm.Aphotographshowinghowthestormwatersumpworkswasprovided(seeAttachmentH,PhotographRIMG0114).NootherissueswereobservedinA-Line.Followingthewalk-throughofA-Line,weproceededtoC-Line.C-Line:ContinuingfromA-Line,weproceededtoC-Line,where1discoveredausedoilcollectionsystemventstackontheC-LinecompressorbuildingemittingVOCs(seeAttachmentE,VideoMOV_0183).Theventstackisattachedtoandissignificantlytallerthanthecompressorbuilding,whichmadeitimpossibletoobtainaquantifying4Exxo nM
o bil Che mi ca

l Company- Baton

R ouge Pla st i cs Plant FY 2013 Inspection co ncen tra

t io n reading for the V O Cs exiting the vent stack using
th e PID

o r TV A. Accord

in g t o Mr. Ca rr asco, the
u se d oil co ll ec ti o n syste m (V -1 35)

i s des

i gned
to co ll ect d e minimi

s oi l l osses
in primar

y and seco nd a r y co mpre sso

r di sta n ce pieces fro m A- Lin
e through D-Lin

e (not ju
s t C-Line).

A hand drawn dia g ram of th e pipin

g
l ayo ut for V -135 was provid

e d (see Attachment

H

, Ph o t og
r a ph RlMG0115

). Indi

v idu
a l di s tance piece drains flow

b y g r av it y to V -135 , w hi c h i
s open to th e atmosphere.

A port

i o n of a P&ID show in g V-

1 35 ven tin g to atmosphere
was provided (see At

t ac hm
e nt

1 ) . Due to the hi g h pr essures

in th e primary and seco nd ary co mpre sso

r s, the
o il con

t ai n s
l ow -l eve

l vola til e contamination despite three (3) pr

i or

l ea k r ecovery
ste p s. The three (3)

l eak r ecovery steps are th e P acki

n g Bleed Off Sys

t e m (pr imary packing

l eak recovery

r outed t o purge co mpr esso

r s uction

), the Coo lin g O il R ecove

r y (seconda

r y r ecove

r y system w here vo latil es a r c s tripp

e d from the
o il by h eat

a nd routed

t o th e fl are

a nd the
o il
i s recycled

in the sys

t e m)

, and the N itro ge n Buffered Packing (tina

! " b a rri e r fluid

" sys

t e m routed

to the
fl a r e)

. There

i s no forced

fl ow from th e u se d o il co ll ec ti o n sys

t em (g r av it y dr a ined
); th erefore,

l ow- le ve

l vo

l a til es can bui

l d up. Mr. Ca rr asco believes

th
i s buildup is what

I saw with the IR camera. The

u sed oi
l co ll ect

i on syste m

i s permitted under 0840-00018-

V8 (sec Attac hm
e nt G
) . In s i g nificant Ac ti vities List

( pa ge 4 ). We pr oceeded through

C -Lin e, w h e r e I d i scove

r ed two (2) initi

a t or pumps and Mr. Lutz discovered

a connec

t o r e mittin

g VOCs

in Bui ldin
g 200C. The initiator pump

( in the so uth west corner of the building) was

e mittin

g VOCs

in a ran ge of 25,000

to 40

, 000 ppm. l record

e d IR v id eo (see Attac hm
e nt E

, Vid eo MOV

_ 0188

) a nd M s. C r awfo rd

t ook photo

g raph

s of th e
l eak in g pump (see Attac hm
e nt H

, Phot og
r ap h s R!MG0109
and RlMGOllO

). The connector next

t o th e initi

a t o r pump (in the sou th west co rn er of th e building) was em ittin
g VOCs

at grea

t er than

I 0,000 ppm.

I recorded

an TR v id eo (see A ttachm

e nt E

, Video MOV

_ 0189) and Ms. Crawford took

a photo

g raph of the leakin

g co nn ector (see A tta
c hm
e nt H

, Ph otograph RIM GO 111
). The ini tiator

p ump

( in the n o rth west co rn er of the building) was

a l so found
to be

l eak

i ng.

I r ecorded
an IR v id eo (see Attachment

E

, Video MOV

_ 0190) and M s. C ra wford took photographs

of the leaking pump (see Attachment

H

, Ph o t og
r ap h s R I MGOl
12 and RlM GO JI 3)

. A photograph

s h ow in g ho w the initiator pump

s work was provided (see A ttachm

e nt H

, Photograph RIM GO 114 ). Following

th e wa

l k-through

of C-L

i n e, we broke for lunch

, pa ss in g through B-Line
an d A -Lin e o n the way back to the conference room. B-Line: B- L in e was down during the durati on of ou
r onsi

t e inspection. How eve

r , wh il e co nductin
g t h e wa

l k -thr
o u gh ofthe Facility, Ms. Crawford observed

an open-ended

lin e (OEL) when returning

t o th e confe

r ence room
to b r eak for lun ch on Wednesday

, Jun
e
1 2, 2013

. M
s . G ibb

s at t e mpt ed to obtain

a r ead in g directly from the OEL int erface;
ho wever, s he was un a b l e to
r eac h it. She did obtain

a r ead in g of3

, 000 ppm app

r ox imat

e l y s i x (6) inch es away from
th e O EL. Additionally,

thi
s l eak "flame

d o ut " (e.g., ext in g uish

e d the flame

in s id e th e TVA) ou
r TVA.

1 r ecorded

IR v id eo (see Attac hm
e nt E

, Video MOV _0

1 87) and Ms.
C r awford took

a photograph

of the leaking OEL (see Attac hm ent H

, Ph otograp

h R I M GO

1 08). Accordi

n g t o Mr. Carrasco,
the eq uipm en

t was in l ocko

u t/tago
ut and was

r equi

r ed by Occupational Safety and Health Administra

ti on ( OSHA) regulations

t o be

l eft in an open positio

n . A
h and drawn diagram

of the piping l ayo ut for the OEL was pro
v ided (see Attac hm en

t H

, Ph otogra ph RIM G01

1 5)

. Mor

e 5Exxo nMobil

C h e mi ca

l Co mp
a n y
- B a t o n Rou ge Plastic

s Pl ant FY 20 13 In
s p ec ti o n s pecifically

, Mr. Ca rra sco cited 29 C.F .R.
§ 1910.147(a)

, (b), and (c)(

l ) as the

r easo n f o r thi
s OEL being

l eft
o p en. A su mmar

y of29 C.f.R.

§
1 9 1 0.

1 74(a), (b)

, and (c)(1)

i s provided

in Attac

h men

t J. In an
e -m a il dated

J u l y. 19.2013

, Mr. Carrasco wro

t e the following exp

l anation for th e requirements

the
F aci lit y feel

s they mu st fo ll ow to be co mpli

a nt wit h 29 C.F. R

. §
1 910.147: " In orde

r to be comp

l iant wi th 29 C.F.R.

§ 1910.147,

th e Faci

l ity requires

a doub

l e isolation

of chemical

e n e r gy so ur ces wit h a bleed va

l ve o pen

t o the at mo

s ph e re

. The open
bl ee d va

l ve to the atmosphere

e n s ur es that any leaka ge pa
s t th e fir
s t va

l ve seat does

n o t build up pressure

l ea din g t o a s l ow continuou

s or un ex p ec ted

r e l ease of stored

e n e rg y (i.e.

, c h e mi ca

l ) o n workers

p e rforming maint

e n a nc e on downstr

ea m e quipm

e nt. Althoug

h n ot at a n opt imum ang

l e in pho

t og raph RIM GO 108

, the wh it e- r e d tag af fi xed w ith
a black tie-wrap

is a LOTO

( l oc k-out

, ta g out) ta g on sa id OEL

a nd was assoc

i a t e d w ith maintenanc

e on th e co mpr esso r d ow n s tre am of th e va

l ve. When

a wo

r k p e rmit

i s c

l osed (te mp
o r ar il y or permanent)

, a ll bleeder

va

l ves ope n t o th e a tm osp
h e r e are closed." Upon our re turn from

l unch, we adjourned

to the confere

n ce

r oom
to meet up with Mr. Carrasco. J l e contacted

JF personnel and we proceeded

to the Chemical Storage

A r ea. meeting

th em along the way. Wi thin th e Chemical
Sto

r age A r ea. we obse

r ved emissions

ex itin g a

r oof ve nt on Ta nk 260. C h e mi ca

l toragc Area: Mr. Lut
z fo und Tank 260

( lo cated
in the Chemica

l Sto

r age Area)
to be em itting YOCs f r om

a roof vent. According

to Mr. Carrasco

, the tank co nt ai n s hexane and

h as an internal

fl oat in g roof
w ith
a nitr oge
n blan ket. The ven

t was inaccessible
and

a qua nti fy in g co n cent

r atio
n measurement

\
· vas
n ot
r eco rd ed. H owever, Mr. Lutz and

I did record lR
v id eos (see Attac

h ment

E

, MOV

_ 0192 (Va

l e ntin e), MOY

_ 0194 (Va

l e ntine
), MOY

_ 2554 (L ut z), MOY

_ 2555 (L ut z), and MOY

_ 2557 (L ut z))
a nd M s. Crawford took a ph o t og raph of th e
l eak in g tank (see Attac

h me n t H

, Photograph RIMG0116

) . A photog

r ap h of a hand drawn diagram

s howin

g what Mr. Ca rr asco believe

s is causing Tank 260

t o
l ea k was provid

e d (see Attachme

n t H

, Photograph RIM GO 120). Nca

r Ta nk 260

. Ms. Gibbs

di scove red

t wo (2) nanges

o n filt
e r s F-255-A (Tag No

. 59627) and F-255-B (Tag No. 59634)

to be
e mittin

g VOC

s at 600 ppm

, eac h. JFS personnel obse

r ved th e leaks with their TV As at conce ntr at
i o n s of 475 ppm for F-255-A and 680 ppm for F - 255 -B

. Eac
h component
was

t agged
as a
l ea kcr by JF S per so nn e l and. accord

in g
t o Mr. Ca rra sco, the Facility would
co unt eac h l eak as a n unauthorized d i scha rge. Each

l eak cou

l d not be observed using theIR camera. Ms.
C r awford

t ook photograph

s of the leaking filter flange (see Attac

h me n t H

, Photographs

RI MG0117, RIM GO

1 1 8, and RIM GO 11 9). A photograph

s h owing

a h and drawn diagram
of how the filter flan ges F-255

- A and

f - 255

- B work was provided (see Attac hm

e nt H

, Ph o t ograph RIM GO

1 20). Fo ll ow in g th e o b servation

of Tank. 260 and filter

fl anges

F - 255

- A and
F 255-B, we adjo urn
e d to the conference room
to con du ct the daily close-out

m eet in g, w h e r e we

r ev

i ewe
d th e leak

s found dur

i n g the day 's wa lk-thr oug
h of the F ac ili ty prior

t o l eav in g for th e day.

6ExxonMobilChemicalCompany-BatonRougePlasticsPlantFY2013InspectionUponarrivalattheFacilityonThursday,June13,2013,wecheckedinattheguardhouseandproceededtotheconferenceroom,whereMr.CarrascoinformedusthatB-Line,D-Line,andPGPUwerestilldown;however,F-Linewasbackonline.Mr.Carrascohaddrawndiagramsonthedryeraseboard(seeAttachmentH,PhotographRIMG0120)describingtheissueswithTank260andthefilterflangesdiscoveredleakingthepreviousday.Followingaquickdiscussionofthediagram,weimmediatelyproceededtoF-Linetoconductthefinalwalk-tlu·oughoftheFacility.F-Line:Ms.Crawforddiscoveredaleakingplug/OELnearvalve20962leakingatapproximately3,000ppm.JFSpersonnelrecordedtheleakatapproximately1,600ppm.JFSpersonnelconductedafirstattemptatrepairbyreplacingtheTeflon®tapeontheplug.Afollow-upreadingshowedtheleaktostillbeinexcessof500ppm.JFSpersom1elthenreplacedtheplugandtheleakfellbelowtheleakdefinitionthresholdof500ppm.IwasunabletoseetheleakusingtheIRcamera;therefore,JRvideowasnotrecorded.Ms.Gibbstookaphotographoftherepairedplug(seeAttachmentH,PhotographRIMG0121).Ms.Gibbsdiscoveredaleakingplug/OELnearvalve21623leakingatapproximately14,000ppm. Thisleakwasa"visible1eaker,"meaningtheleakcouldbeseenwithoutuseofouremissionsmonitoringequipment(e.g.TVA,PID,orIRcamera).JrecordedanIRvideo(seeAttachmentE,VideoMOV_198)andMs.Gibbstookaphotographoftheleakingplug/OEL(seeAttachmentH,PhotographR1MG0122).JFSpersonnelrepairedtheleakingplug/OELonthespot.Follow-upmeasurementsshowedtheleaktobebelowtheleakdefinitionthresholdof500ppm.Iobservedapump(R-1260F)tobeleakingatapproximately2,500ppm,whichhadpreviouslybeentaggedasaleakerbyJFSpersom1el.IrecordedanIRvideooftheleak(seeAttachmentE,VideoMOV_199)forfuturetrainingpurposes.Followingthewalk-throughofF-Line,weproceededtotheconferenceroomtohaveap1ivatemeetinginpreparationfortheexitbriefing.Duringtheprivatemeetingandpriortotheexitbriefmg,allIRvideosandphotographscollectedduringtheFacilityinspectionweretransferredtoMr.Lutz'scomputersotheycouldbetransferredtoaFacilitycomputerpriortotheexitbriefing.ItwaslaterdeterminedtheIRvideofilesizesandadministrativecontrolsontheFacility'scomputerspreventedthetransferofthefiles.BothpartiesagreedthattransfeningtheIRvideosandphotographstoaCD/DVD,whenwereturnedtoEPARegion6OfficesinDallas,Texas,andmailingtheCD/DVDtotheFacilitywouldworkbetter.Theexitbriefingwasconductedat10:30amonThursday,June13,2013.Mr.PatL.Fontenot,OperationsManager,andMr.DominicT.Clausi,SiteManager,oftheFacilityjoinedthegroupfortheexitbriefing.Asign-insheetfortheexitbriefingisprovidedinAttachmentB.Mr.LutzthankedthefacilitypersonnelfortheirhospitalityandrequestedthatMr.CarrascothankMr.DugasandMr.Aldermanfortheirassistanceduringtheinspection.Mr.LutzinformedtheFacilitypersom1eloftheAreasofConcern(AOC)thatwerefoundduringtheinspection(seeSectionIII-AreasofConcern,below).Additionally,Mr.Lutzdiscussedwiththe.Facilitypersonneltheprocessfollowingtheinspection(e.g.,thereportwriting,qualityassurance/quality7ExxonMobilChemicalCompany-BatonRougePlasticsPlantFY2013Inspectioncontrolstepsforthereport,andtheassigningofanenforcementof-ficer,regardlessofEPApursuingenforcement).ItwasalsodiscussedthatIwouldbethereportwriterandtheenforcementofficer.Lastly,Mr.LutzandMs.GibbsdescribedthedifferenceintheMethod21ComparativeMonitoringinspectionsweconductandtheExcessEmissionsinspectionweconductedattheFacility.WefinishedtheexitbriefingbyansweringanyquestionstheFacilitypers01melhad,thankedthemfortheirtime,andthenexitedtheFacilityafterscanningoutandturninginourvisitorbadgestoMr.Carrasco.UnmooitorcdProcessUnits:0-Line:TheD-LinewasofflineduringthedurationoftheFacilityinspection.Therefore,wewereunabletoconductawalk-throughofthetmitduringtheinspection.PGPU:FacilitypersonnelwereunabletobringthePGPUbackonlinefollowinga plannedshutdown.Therefore,wewereunabletoconductawalk-tlu·oughofthetmitduringtheinspection.SectionIII-AREASOFCONCERNThefollowingareconcernsobservedwiththeIRcameraand/ordetectedbythePIDandTVAduringthewalk-throughoftheFacility:I.ContainmentsumpemittingYOCsat13,000ppmintheA-Line,nearV-962-B.2.VentstackoncompressorbuildinginC-Line,apparentlyfromtherecycledoiltankforA-Linethrough0-Line(BasePlant)compressors.3.Open-endedLinenearTag4527emittingVOCsat3,000ppmontheTVAfromsixinchesaway.IteventuallyflamedouttheTVA.4.SouthwestinitiatorpumpinBuilding200CemittingVOCsfrom25,000to40,000ppm.5.ConnectornexttothesouthwestinitiatorpumpemittingVOCsat>10,000ppm(visibleleaker).6.NorthwestinitiatorpumpinBuilding200CemittingVOCs.7.Tank260(storinghexane)emittinghexanefromaroofvent.8.FilterflangeF-255-A(tag#59627)emittingVOCsat600ppm.9.FilterflangeF-255-B(tag#59634)emittingVOCsat600ppm.10.EndCapnexttovalve20962emittingVOCsat3,000ppmonF-Line.11.EndCapnexttovalve21623emittingVOCsat14,000ppm.ForadditionalinfonnationontheseAOC,seeSectionII-Observations,above.8A tt ac hm
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