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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080871
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080871 — CHLORINE — CATAWBA, SC
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1996-10-12
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1996-10-12 in CATAWBA, SC.
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PHMSA 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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