PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050295 — DENATURED ALCOHOL — ABERDEEN, SD

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Incident I-1998050295PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998050295. Incident date: 1998-04-04. Location: ABERDEEN, SD. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: HEARTLAND GRAIN FUELS. Materials: NA1987; DENATURED ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 200 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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