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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000037785-03-000040
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030901
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030911

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FMC CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000037785
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
		IRS NUMBER:				940479804
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 E RANDOLPH DR
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3128616000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FOOD MACHINERY & CHEMICAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670706

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BEAN SPRAY PUMP CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670706

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BUTZ THEODORE H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001262009

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02376
		FILM NUMBER:		03892296

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1735 MARKET STREET 20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2152995821

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1735 MARKET STREET 20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THEODOE H. BUTZ
<TEXT>


POWER OF ATTORNEY
(For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5)


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
 constitutes and appoints each of Andrea E. Utecht or Kenneth Garrett,
 signing singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5,
 in respect of FMC Corporation, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

2.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such
 form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other authority; and

3.	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
 with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
 may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
 by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
 by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
 Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
 and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
 power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise
 of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
 and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
 and confirming all that such attorney-in fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
 assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of September, 2003.


						/s/ Theodore H. Butz
					_____________________________
					 Theodore H. Butz



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