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Parent: Nippon Gohesi · EPA RMP facility · La Porte, TX
Noltex La Porte, Texas Plant is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 4 reportable chemical accident(s) on record. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-13 | Spill | 0 | 0 | 0 | Process design failure |
| 2016-04-14 | Spill | 0 | 0 | 0 | Process design failure, Unsuitable equipment |
| 2015-02-02 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Overpressurization |
| 2014-06-27 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bypass condition, Process design failure |
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.