PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998020265 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — MILLINOCKET, ME

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Incident I-1998020265PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998020265. Incident date: 1998-01-22. Location: MILLINOCKET, ME. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RR. Shipper: GENERAL ALUM & CHEM CORP. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 0 released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Defective Component or Device. Reported result: 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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