PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080871 — CHLORINE — CATAWBA, SC

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Incident I-1997080871PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997080871. Incident date: 1996-10-12. Location: CATAWBA, SC. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BOWATER INC. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 525 LGA released. What failed: Vent. Reported failure causes: Over-pressurized. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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