Facility detail

FARMLAND INDUSTRIES INC LAWRENCE NITROGEN PLANT

1608 N 1400 RD, LAWRENCE, KS, 66046

Parent company: FARMLAND INDUSTRIES INC

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Ammonia Ammonium nitrate (solution) Methanol Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) Diethanolamine Total (lbs)
2002 1,213 — — 114,368 — 115,581
2001 261,999 — 589 296,030 680 559,378
2000 693,916 — 2,695 254,661 5,045 957,902
1999 638,500 — 2,202 388,600 2,100 1,034,402
1998 932,600 — 5,504 465,000 9,200 1,412,604
1997 870,500 — 4,204 312,600 17,880 1,205,484
1996 804,180 — 2,502 334,600 16,070 1,157,852
1995 897,500 — 26,526 347,500 6,800 1,279,156
1994 1,466,100 317,500 306,780 — 7,200 2,098,288
1993 1,059,500 643,400 384,080 — 9,300 2,096,863
1992 1,402,100 640,160 410,410 — 3,300 2,456,680
1991 2,612,200 805,235 360,360 — 14,500 3,794,029
1990 2,811,800 950,250 360,250 — 8,600 4,133,610
1989 2,551,900 510,750 340,250 — 6,000 3,419,850
1988 2,897,200 — 411,250 — 12,240 3,321,440
1987 — — — — — 500

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.