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Parent: Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. · EPA RMP facility · Canton, NC
Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 15 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 19 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-09-04 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1998-05-20 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1997-12-22 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1997-09-06 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1996-04-10 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 1996-02-20 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 1996-02-04 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1996-01-13 | Gas release | 0 | 3 | 0 | Bypass condition |
| 1995-11-21 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1995-08-15 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1995-06-21 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 1995-04-12 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 1995-03-03 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Equipment failure |
| 1995-01-06 | Spill | 0 | 1 | 0 | Equipment failure |
| 1995-01-04 | Gas release | 0 | 3 | 0 | Upset condition |
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.