PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996070135 — SULFURIC ACID — PORTLAND, OR

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Incident I-1996070135PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996070135. Incident date: 1996-06-06. Location: PORTLAND, OR. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO. Shipper: ASARCO INC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 325 LGA released. What failed: Hose; Loading or Unloading Lines. 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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