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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2020020297
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2020020297 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — PETAL, MS
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2020-02-13
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-02-13 in PETAL, MS.
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PHMSA 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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