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Parent: Blanchard Holdings Company LLC · EPA RMP facility · Texas City, TX
Blanchard Refining Company LLC - Galveston Bay Ref is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 3 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 1 death(s) and 2 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-27 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Equipment failure |
| 2011-04-25 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unusual weather |
| 2008-01-14 | Gas release, Explosion | 1 | 2 | 0 | Equipment failure, Overpressurization |
The EPA Risk Management Program (Clean Air Act §112(r)) requires facilities with large quantities of hazardous chemicals to file Risk Management Plans, including a 5-year accident history. EPA keeps this statutorily-public data available only via FOIA / reading rooms; this page mirrors the FOIA'd dataset (institution-level only — no personal contact information).
Source: EPA RMP (FOIA mirror via the Data Liberation Project). License: CC0 1.0.