Non-Compliance detail


  
Summary
 
Licence number: 837
Annual Return Start: 02 May 2005
Annual Return End: 01 May 2006
Date Received: 29 Jun 2006
 
Licence Condition numberType of non-complianceEPA actionsNo. of times occurred
O2 UNPLANNED RELEASE OF STEAM AND CATALYST FROM THE STACK 34F101X, AFTER A POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION TO THE #2 FLUIDISED CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT (FCCU) CAUSED THE REGENERATOR AND SPENT CATALYST SLIDE VALUES TO LOCK IN THE OPEN POSITION Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L1 INTERMITENT SHEENS AT SILVER BEACH WERE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND TO BE COMING FROM THE STORMWATER PIPE DOWNSTREAM OF GATE 5 Appropriate Action taken by licensee 3
O2 REFINERY SUFFERED TWO MAJOR POWER INTERRUPTIONS RESULTING FROM AN ENERGY AUSTRALIA INCIDENT. A ROOF FRANGIBLE JOINT ON TANK 166 FAILED THE ROOF JOINT OPERATED AS DESIGNED IN EVENT OF TANK OVER PRESSURING. STEAM PLUME FROM TOP OF TANK - NO HYDROCARBON Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L3 QUANTITATIVE LICENCE LIMIT FOR THE MONITORING POINT WERE NOT MET FOR THE UPPER PH LIMIT Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L3 QUANTITATIVE LICENCE LIMITS FOR MONITORING POINT 8, 45F10, WERE NOT MET FOR SULFURIC ACID MIST (AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE) EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
L10.2 THE REFINERY SRU WASTE GAS INCINERATOR, 45F-453, WAS OPERATED AT A TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN 650oC Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
M2 RELATIVE ACCURACY TESTING AUDIT REPORTS NOT SUBMITTED TO EPA WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE DATE OF TESTING Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L3 QUANTITATIVE LICENCE LIMITS FOR MONITORING POINT 34, 45F100X, WERE NOT MET FOR SULFURIC ACID MIST (AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE) EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
M2 MONITORING POINT 8 - QUARTERLEY MONITORING FOR SULFURIC ACID MIST (AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE), AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE NOT COMPLETED DURING FOURTH QUATER Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L3 QUANTITATIVE LICENCE LIMITS FOR MONITORING POINT 7, 34F101X, WERE NOT MET FOR SULFURIC ACID MIST (AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE) EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
L9 THE REFINERY HAS HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS OVER THE ANNUAL RETURN PERIOD RELATING TO ODOUR. IN MARCH/APRIL THERE WAS AN INCIDENT (WITH 3 MAIN EVENTS) WHICH RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ODOUR COMPLAINTS, 49 IN MARCH AND 31 IN APRIL Appropriate Action taken by licensee 3
L3 THE 90 % COMPLIANCE LIMIT FOR THE MONITORING POINT WERE NOT MET FOR PHENANTHRENE DURING A WET WEATHER BYPASS DISCHARGE TO TABBAGAI GAP EPA to monitor future compliance with this condition 1
L3 QUANTITATIVE LICENCE LIMIT FOR THE MONITORING POINT UNDER BYPASS OPERATING CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET FOR PH Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
M2 CONTINUOUS MONITORING NOT COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENCE REQUIREMENTS Appropriate Action taken by licensee 8
L2 LOAD LIMIT H2S EXCEEDED FROM 3000KG/Y TO 6717 - LOAD LIMIT PAH EXCEEDED FROM 40KG/Y TO 56 - LOAD LIMIT FOR FINE PARTICULATES EXCEEDED FROM 180,000KG/Y TO 201,495 Appropriate Action taken by licensee 1
L6 EXCEEDENCES IDENTIFIED DURING OFF-SITE NOISE MONITORING Appropriate Action taken by licensee 2