# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980090902 — NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID — SPARTA, WI

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980090902
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980090902 — NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID — SPARTA, WI
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1980-09-05
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1980-09-05 in SPARTA, WI.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980090902.
Incident date: 1980-09-05.
Location: SPARTA, WI.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ROGERS CARTAGE CO.
Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO.
Materials: UN2031; NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID; hazard class 8; 400 LGA released.
What failed: Hose; Loading or Unloading Lines.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
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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