# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030795 — FUEL OIL — CHALMETTE, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030795
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030795 — FUEL OIL — CHALMETTE, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1979-02-20
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-02-20 in CHALMETTE, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979030795.
Incident date: 1979-02-20.
Location: CHALMETTE, LA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: EXXON CO.
Shipper: EXXON CO.
Materials: NA1993; FUEL OIL; hazard class 2.0; 200 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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.
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