PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2010070151 — SULFURIC ACID — SEARSPORT, ME

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Incident I-2010070151PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2010070151. Incident date: 2010-02-20. Location: SEARSPORT, ME. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Shipper: GAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 695 LGA released. What failed: Fill Hole; Loading or Unloading Lines. How failed: Leaked; Failed to Operate. Reported failure causes: Overfilled; Human Error. 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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