# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008010141 — LPG — NEW ORLEANS, LA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008010141  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2007-12-12  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2007-12-12 in NEW ORLEANS, LA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2008010141.
Incident date: 2007-12-12.
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: New Orleans Public Belt R.R..
Shipper: Targa Resources Inc..
Materials: UN1075; LPG; hazard class 2.1; 0.5 LGA released.
What failed: Liquid Valve.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=CE6p70%2FmRucIK9gkGem38A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `e9afddfd506813b5d271a393519a49ff9ebbe2a935602d72c54213c237e0b178`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T14:31:33.770Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2008010141`

### Source metadata

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}
```