# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997120678 — AMMONIA SOLUTION, RELATIVE DENSITY BETWEEN 0.880 AND 0.957 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 10 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 35 PERCENT AMMONIA — KIRKWOOD, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997120678
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997120678 — AMMONIA SOLUTION, RELATIVE DENSITY BETWEEN 0.880 AND 0.957 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 10 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 35 PERCENT AMMONIA — KIRKWOOD, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1997-11-18
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-11-18 in KIRKWOOD, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997120678.
Incident date: 1997-11-18.
Location: KIRKWOOD, CA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SIMPLOT J R CO.
Shipper: SIMPLOT J R CO.
Materials: UN2672; AMMONIA SOLUTION, RELATIVE DENSITY BETWEEN 0.880 AND 0.957 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 10 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 35 PERCENT AMMONIA; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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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