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Parent: VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY · EPA RMP facility · GEISMAR, LA
VULCAN CHEMICALS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-18 | Spill | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unsuitable equipment |
| 1998-10-14 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 1998-10-03 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 600 | Equipment failure |
| 1998-05-14 | Gas release | 0 | 0 | 250 |
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.