On September 17, 2002, at 5:00 p.m., Morral Companies, LLC had a 43,349 pound release of phosphoric acid into the environment. Phosphoric acid is a hazardous substance under CERCLA with a reportable quantity of 5,000 pounds. This release is 8.3 times the RQ. The person in charge of the facility called the NRC on September 18, 2002 at 10:48 a.m., or 16 hours after the incident. The release occurred while the phosphoric acid was being unloaded and transferred into the chemical reaction from a rail car. The phosphoric acid was released onto the ballast under the rail car