Governor's Office Emergency Services
Hazardous Materials Spill Report

    DATE: 05/10/2023
    TIME: 1532
    RECEIVED BY:
    CONTROL#:
    Cal OES - 23-3110
    NRC - 1366914
1.a. PERSON NOTIFYING Cal OES:
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
NRC
1.b. PERSON REPORTING SPILL (If different from above):
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
Dyno Nobel
2. SUBSTANCE TYPE:
2. a. SUBSTANCE:b.QTY:>=<Amount Measurec. TYPE:d. OTHER:e. PIPELINEf. VESSEL
>= 300 Tons
1. Ammonia Nitrate=60,000 Lbs.CHEMICALNoNo
2. = NoNo
3. = NoNo
g. DESCRIPTION: Per NRC: "AMMONIUM NITRATE PRILL RELEASED FROM A RAIL CAR DUE TO AN UNKNOWN CAUSE AT THIS TIME. CALLER STATES THE RAIL CAR LEFT FROM THEIR
FACILITY IN CHEYENNE, WY AND ARRIVED IN SALTDALE, CA WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE RAIL CAR WAS EMPTY. THE CAR WAS CARRYING AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AMMONIUM NITRATE BUT THE CALLER STATES THE ESTIMATED LOSS AMOUNT IS APPROX. 60,000 POUNDS. EXACT LOCATION WHERE THE RELEASE TOOK PLACE IS UNKNOWN BUT THE RELEASE POSSIBLY OCCURRED WHILE IT WAS IN TRANSIT FROM WY TO CA. CALLER DOES NOT KNOW THE TRAIN NUMBER THAT THE RAIL CAR WAS A PART OF DURING THE TRANSIT. THEY ORIGINALLY SHIPPED THE RAIL CAR FROM WY ON 12-APR-2023. CALLER DESCRIBED THE MATERIAL AS A SOLID FERTILIZER. THE CAR IS EMPTY AND IS ON IT'S WAY BACK TO WY."
h. STOPPAGE/CONTAINMENT:i. WATER INVOLVED: j. WATERWAY:k. DRINKING WATER IMPACTED
Stopped, ContainedNoNoneNo
l. MARITIME VESSEL
No		m. KNOWN IMPACT
None
3. a. INCIDENT LOCATION: Federal Post-Accident 219.201
b. CITY:c. COUNTY: d. ZIP:
Saltdale
Kern County93519KERN COUNTY APCD
4. INCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
a. DATE:b. TIME (Military):c. SITE:d. REPORTED CAUSE
05/10/20231400 Rail Road Unknown
R/R Crossing less than 50 feet from incident site? Unknown
UPRR RIM#:
e. INJURIESf. FATALITY g. EVACUATIONh. CLEANUP BY:
NoNoNoUnknown
6. NOTIFICATION INFORMATION:
a. ON SCENE:b. OTHER ON SCENE: c. OTHER NOTIFIED:
d. ADMIN. AGENCY: Kern Co. Environmental Health Services Departmente. SEC. AGENCY:
f. ADDITIONAL COUNTY: g. ADMIN. AGENCY:
h. NOTIFICATION LIST:
Cal GEM:
RWQCB Unit:

6B
Cal OES Region:
AA/CUPA, DTSC, RWQCB, US EPA, USFWS, FDC, PUC, Co/WP, Co/Hlth, Co/E-Hlth
Photo Attachment:
11. Cal OES Reg.
********* Control No: 23-3110 *********

Created by: Warning Center on: 05/10/2023 03:32:58 PM Last Modified by: Warning Center on: 05/10/2023 03:42:56 PM