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PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. - Memphis Plant

Parent: Potash Corporation of Saskachewan, Inc. · EPA RMP facility · Millington, TN

PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. - Memphis 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 6 reportable chemical accident(s) on record. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
1999-06-07Gas release000Equipment failure, Overpressurization
1998-10-03Spill000Upset condition, Unsuitable equipment
1997-10-24Gas release000Equipment failure, Overpressurization
1996-07-03Gas release000Human error, Overpressurization
1996-06-08Gas release000Equipment failure
1995-08-18Gas release000Equipment failure, Overpressurization

About this data

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.