# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000030105 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S. — PARADISE, MT

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000030105  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-07-11  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1999-07-11 in PARADISE, MT.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000030105.
Incident date: 1999-07-11.
Location: PARADISE, MT.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: MONTANA RAIL LINK.
Shipper: FRONTIER OIL & REFINING CO.
Materials: UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 14000 LGA released | UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 16000 LGA released | UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 18000 LGA released | UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 3000 LGA released | UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 4000 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured / Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
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=eq4CKYzT19H%2BaXrXr2pz%2Bg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f8390053ae94315f3928075f2fde4a4be0192fbb2f2b15e9ed27b02321f41470`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T05:54:24.558Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000030105`

### Source metadata

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  ],
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    "PARADISE"
  ],
  "states": [
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  ],
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  "caveat": "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.",
  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```