PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2020020297 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — PETAL, MS

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Incident X-2020020297PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2020020297. Incident date: 2020-02-13. Location: PETAL, MS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION. Shipper: Didion Ethanol LLC. Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 718 LGA released. What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve. How failed: Leaked. 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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