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Ethyl Acrylate - Dow Chemical; Hahnville, LA

Hahnville, LA | 2009-Jul-07

Initial Notification: On the morning of July 7th, the NOAA HAZMAT Duty Officer was notified by the USCG of a release of Ethyl Acrylate vapor from a tank failure at the Dow Chemical plant. A NOAA SSC is currently en route. At this time a lot of information is still unknown. Updates will be posted as new information presents itself.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Chemical
Latitude (approximate): 29° 58.60′ North
Longitude (approximate): 90° 24.58′ West