# TERRA INDUSTRIES, INC., SIOUX CITY, IA
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45521`
- **Case Number:** 07-1996-0221
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Unspecified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TERRA INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON DECEMBER 13, 1994, TERRA INDUSTRIES' PORT NEAL FACILITY   IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA EXPLODED, KILLING FOUR INDIVIDUALS,      INJURING 18, AND CAUSING MASSIVE EVACUATIONS AND             ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.  REGION VII CONDUCTED EMERGENCY        RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AND ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE  THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION, AND TO ASSESS WHETHER THERE      REMAINED A THREAT OF RELEASE.  THE REFERRAL SETS FORTH CAA   112(R) GENERAL DUTY VIOLATIONS AND SEEKS CERCLA COST         RECOVERY FOR THE RESPONSE ACTION.

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