PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020080214 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — TEXAS CITY, TX

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Incident E-2020080214PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020080214. Incident date: 2020-07-17. Location: TEXAS CITY, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: TEXAS CITY TERMINAL RAILWAY CO. Shipper: BASF CORPORATION. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 2125 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Commodity Polymerization. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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