PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999100946 — DENATURED ALCOHOL — ORPHA, WY

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Incident I-1999100946PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999100946. Incident date: 1999-10-07. Location: ORPHA, WY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: CHIEF ETHANOL FUELS INC. Materials: NA1987; DENATURED ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 1600 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Liner; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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