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March 10, 2005 Sunoco’s Oregon Refinery: 21 accidents in the last six months This report was compiled by Rachael Belz, Crystal Cottrill, and Spencer Dennis of Ohio Citizen Action and the Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund. It was compiled from Sunoco reports to Toledo Environmental Services, September 1, 2004-February 28, 2005. During the past six months (September 1, 2004 - February 28, 2005), Sunoco’s Oregon Refinery has had 21 accidents. The accidents varied, but included releases of the following pollutants: sulfur dioxide, black smoke, particulates, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, butane, natural gas, refinery fuel gas, and nitrogen oxide. In almost 40% of the accidents, Sunoco released more than one type of pollutant. One-third of the 21 accidents involved sulfur dioxide releases, with six of the seven being permit violations. Neighbors have complained for years of sulfur and “rotten egg” smells from the refinery. Figure 1: Accidents by Type for Sunoco Ohio Citizen Action compiled this information from reports sent to Toledo Environmental Services from Sunocos Oregon Refinery. Any enforcement actions, or consequences of the accidents are unknown. The company submits the accident information to the regulatory agency. Independent verification is not required, so the accuracy of the information is dependent solely on the self-reporting of the company. Accidents are often called malfunctions, upsets, equipment breakdowns, “near-misses”, emergency shutdowns, startups, etc. For the purposes of this report, all are classified as accidents. The most complete of Sunoco’s reports were for sulfur dioxide releases. Much of the information was incomplete concerning releases of black smoke (opacity), particulates, hydrocarbons, butane, natural gas and refinery fuel gas. October, December and January showed a particularly high number of accidents. Figure 2: Sunoco Accidents by Month On the chart of accidents, you will sometimes see more th