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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020080214
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020080214 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — TEXAS CITY, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2020-07-17
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-07-17 in TEXAS CITY, TX.
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PHMSA 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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