PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2016070108 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — TULARE, SD

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Incident X-2016070108PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2016070108. Incident date: 2016-06-09. Location: TULARE, SD. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Poet Biorefining. Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 20 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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