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PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.

Parent: Potash Corporation of Sacatchewan · EPA RMP facility · GEISMAR, LA

PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 5 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 4 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
2001-07-10Gas release000Overpressurization, Upset condition
2001-06-26Spill010Equipment failure, Overpressurization
2001-06-23Gas release, Spill020Equipment failure
2000-10-16Gas release010Equipment failure, Human error
2000-02-22Gas release, Spill000Equipment failure, Improper procedure

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.