PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996041209 — SULFURIC ACID — PORTLAND, OR

Current as of 1996-03-26 Government source

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Incident I-1996041209PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996041209. Incident date: 1996-03-26. Location: PORTLAND, OR. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO. Shipper: GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Overfilled. 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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