PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2013010194 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — Mt. Vernon, IL

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Incident X-2013010194PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2013010194. Incident date: 2012-12-30. Location: Mt. Vernon, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Shipper: Biourja Trading LLC. Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 16000 LGA released. What failed: Air Inlet; Liquid Valve. How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. Reported failure causes: Derailment. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage. 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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