# Air Products & Chemicals-New Orleans, LA-RMP ACO-FY2020
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2020 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602204606`
- **Case Number:** 06-2020-3347
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On May 23, 2019, a liquid hydrogen plant at the facility was being started-up following a planned outage. Operators were in the process of pressuring the plant when a purge hose, which inadvertently had been left in service, failed and ignited, resulting in a fire and air release incident.

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