PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009080001 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — URBANA, IL

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Incident X-2009080001PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2009080001. Incident date: 2009-07-26. Location: URBANA, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CN/Illinois Central Railroad. Shipper: Dow Chemical Company. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 1 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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