PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2011090508 — PENTANOLS — Long Beach, CA

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Incident X-2011090508PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2011090508. Incident date: 2011-09-06. Location: Long Beach, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad. Shipper: Dow Chemical Co.. Materials: UN1105; PENTANOLS; hazard class 3; 25 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Deterioration or Aging. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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