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 R. 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 dersirable 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 of

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.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5

with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this

Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of January, 2004.



     /s/Theodore H. Butz

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     Theodore H. Butz

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