# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2021010103 — PENTANES — WESTTOWN, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2021010103  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2020-09-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-09-23 in WESTTOWN, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2021010103.
Incident date: 2020-09-23.
Location: WESTTOWN, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: LPG LOGISTICS LLC.
Shipper: SUNOCO PARTNERS PUTANE BLENDING.
Materials: UN1265; PENTANES; hazard class 3; 4 LGA released.
What failed: High Level Sensor.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=LBSLZfZdDgEAziaoMdXQKA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f011d8ffb659ff17b2d0a1ad0a0b8bf9742a4d8c661463e671fc65c5a3e997e8`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T22:36:46.557Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2021010103`

### Source metadata

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    "LPG LOGISTICS LLC"
  ],
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  ],
  "routes": [
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  ],
  "cities": [
    "WESTTOWN"
  ],
  "states": [
    "PA"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Highway"
  ],
  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1265",
      "commodityName": "PENTANES",
      "hazardousClass": "3",
      "quantityReleased": "4",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
  ],
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      "outerType": null,
      "outerCapacity": "0",
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      "outerFailedCount": "0",
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  ],
  "caveat": "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.",
  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```