PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040125 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — PLAINFIELD, NJ

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Incident I-1979040125PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979040125. Incident date: 1979-03-12. Location: PLAINFIELD, NJ. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AMERICAN OIL CO. Shipper: AMOCO CHEMICALS CORP. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 2000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. 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.#

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