# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060674 — ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., AT OR ABOVE 100 C AND BELOW ITS FLASH POINT (INCLUDING MOLTEN METALS, MOLTEN SALTS, ETC.) — THOREAU, NM

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060674
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060674 — ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., AT OR ABOVE 100 C AND BELOW ITS FLASH POINT (INCLUDING MOLTEN METALS, MOLTEN SALTS, ETC.) — THOREAU, NM
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1998-05-29
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-05-29 in THOREAU, NM.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998060674.
Incident date: 1998-05-29.
Location: THOREAU, NM.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: STEERE TANK LINES INC.
Shipper: CHEVRON OIL CO.
Materials: UN3257; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., AT OR ABOVE 100 C AND BELOW ITS FLASH POINT (INCLUDING MOLTEN METALS, MOLTEN SALTS, ETC.); hazard class 9; 150 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary 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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