# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000081681 — SULFURIC ACID — ROANOKE, VA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000081681
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000081681 — SULFURIC ACID — ROANOKE, VA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2000-07-26
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-07-26 in ROANOKE, VA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000081681.
Incident date: 2000-07-26.
Location: ROANOKE, VA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Shipper: GENERAL CHEMICAL INC.
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Corrosion - Exterior; Abrasion.
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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