# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998061440 — ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER ACETATE — HOUSTON, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998061440  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1998-04-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-04-26 in HOUSTON, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998061440.
Incident date: 1998-04-26.
Location: HOUSTON, TX.
Mode: Water.
Carrier/reporter: SEA-LAND SERVICE INC.
Shipper: CHEMSOL S A / CONCENTRATE MFG CO OF PR THE.
Materials: UN1172; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER ACETATE; hazard class 3; 55 LGA released | UN1197; EXTRACTS, FLAVORING, LIQUID; hazard class 3; 2096 LGA released | UN1197; EXTRACTS, FLAVORING, LIQUID; hazard class 3; 400 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 22.5 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 36 LGA released.
Reported result: Spillage.
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=Yu9u5RQCV0324hGvvD2v%2FA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `090f6e3179901877564d923d2a0e9b015bbd60455f656ca2f7bdb886480b10ba`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T04:47:42.634Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998061440`

### Source metadata

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}
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