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Parent: Farmland Industries, Inc · EPA RMP facility · Lawrence, KS
Farmland Industries-Lawrence Nitrogen 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 10 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 10 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-04 | Gas release, Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Equipment failure |
| 1997-11-20 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Improper procedure |
| 1997-10-28 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997-02-12 | Fire | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error, Improper procedure |
| 1997-01-03 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Improper procedure |
| 1996-07-14 | Gas release | 0 | 2 | 0 | Human error, Improper procedure |
| 1996-06-13 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996-05-04 | Fire | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error, Improper procedure |
| 1995-07-06 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 50 | Upset condition |
| 1994-10-03 | Fire | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error, Improper procedure |
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.