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    <p>Exxon Mobil’s Baytown Refinery near Houston was damaged by Hurricane Harvey, the company
   told regulators, adding to the number of storm-related incidents challenging officials
   as feet of rain continue to fall in the state.
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    <p>The company reported to Texas regulators that the floating roof on one of the tanks
   at Baytown partially sank during the heavy rains causing benzene and toluene, two
   carcinogens, and volatile organic compounds to be released. According to the 
   <a class="bluenobold" href="http://www2.tceq.texas.gov/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.getDetails&amp;target=266294">report</a>, a portion of the emissions were within permitted limits. Exxon Mobil shut down its Baytown refinery, the second largest in the U.S., as a precaution
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   much of that along the coast. There are no levees or barrier islands protecting that
   infrastructure from hurricane storm surge. Some parts of the state have received more than 50 inches of rain, and water being
   released from reservoirs and levees to relieve the pressure building behind them only
   compounds the problem of monitoring and responding to leaks and other incidents.
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   actions as conditions allow,” Keese said.
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    <p>The Railroad Commission has jurisdiction over intrastate pipelines, and the U.S. Department
   of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
   oversees pipelines that cross state boundaries. 
</p>
    <p>The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is urging oil refineries and
   chemical plants to follow safety precautions when restarting operations. The board
   notes that floodwater may leak into tanks or become trapped in insulation, while debris
   can damage electric motors and block sewers.
</p>
    <p>The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is working with pipeline
   operators to get a better view of their facilities, agency spokesperson Darius Kirkwood
   said. 
</p>
    <p>“Operators have already contracted staff capable of inspecting critical infrastructure
   after the storm and they are preparing for aerial inspection of pipeline right-of-ways
   when it is safe to do so,” he told Bloomberg BNA.
</p>
    <h5>Spills Reported</h5>
    <p>The National Response Center, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, received more than
   30 calls for spilled gasoline, crude oil, petroleum, and the release of contaminants
   from flare stacks in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.
</p>
    <p>According to the response center’s records, a caller reported natural gas leaking
   from a transmission pipeline on Aug. 26 in Ingleside, along the Texas coast. The Pipeline
   and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is investigating.
</p>
    <p>State and federal regulators have their hands full responding to these incidents and
   others at energy facilities during the monster storm. They not only will have to contend
   with the possibility of billions of dollars in infrastructure damage, but potential
   environmental damages as well. 
</p>
    <p>On Aug. 28, a 14-inch pipeline in La Porte, Texas, spewed toxic gas for several hours.
   Nearly a day later, it had not been determined what caused anhydrous hydrogen chloride
   to leak from the pipeline owned by Williams Field Services Gulf Coast, Andrea Morrow
   of the TCEQ, told Bloomberg BNA. 
</p>
    <p>The gas mixed with moisture in the air to produce hydrochloric acid, a corrosive that
   can damage respiratory organs, eyes, skin, and intestines. The pipeline was depressurized
   and the leak ended after a couple of hours. 
</p>
    <h5>Other Storm Issues</h5>
    <p>Shell Oil Deer Park reported to the TCEQ the Aug. 28 discovery that the external floating
   roof had material on top and in the dike area at the refinery due to Harvey. The company
   has placed foam on material to lower emissions and is still investigating the situation,
   according to filed documents.
</p>
    <p>The Chevron Phillips Chemical Cedar Bayou Plant in Baytown, Texas, reported an unexpected
   cooling water pump issue during the storm, the company told TCEQ. Process material
   was routed to fare and cooling water pump was restarted. 
</p>
    <p>In the Baytown incident, the company said the tank will need to be emptied to repair
   the roof. The company performed a controlled shutdown of the refinery ahead of the
   hurricane.
</p>
    <p>Valero also reported that benzene and unspeciated volatile organic compounds got on
   top of an external floating roof at its facility in Harris County and into a dike
   firewall through tank roof drains, the company said in a filing to TCEQ. 
</p>
    <p>The Texas Railroad Commission received reports of hurricane-related incidents Aug.
   26 and 27.
</p>
    <p>In the first, Kinder Morgan notified the railroad commission oversight and safety
   division that a tank at its Pasadena Terminal had tilted due to the large volume of
   rain from Hurricane Harvey, Ramona Nye, Railroad Commission spokeswoman, told Bloomberg
   BNA. 
</p>
    <p>The tilting resulted in the release of an unknown amount of gasoline into a containment
   dike surrounding the dike. Kinder Morgan reported that fire retardant foam had been
   placed over the exposed liquid contained in the dike, and Kinder Morgan was emptying
   the liquid from the tank and containment dike.
</p>
    <p>A day later, the Houston office of the railroad commission, the state’s energy and
   gas regulator, was notified of a fire in Jefferson County and dispatched a inspector,
   Nye said. Initial reports indicated a lightning strike on a fiberglass storage tank
   with resulting fire burning two tanks, releasing fluids into the firewall. An estimated
   five barrels of crude oil and 20 barrels of produced water was released, but contained
   within the firewall. Vacuum trucks were brought in to pick up released fluids. The
   operator was reported as Karbuhn Oil Company.
</p>
    <p>—With assistance from Sylvia Carignan.</p>
    <p>To contact the reporter on this story: Nushin Huq in Houston at 
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