Farmers Elevator Co. of Lowder - Executive Summary |
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Executive Summary of Risk Management Plan 1. The Facility Policy: The owners, management, and employees of Farmers Elevator Co. are committed to the prevention of any accidental released of anhydrous ammonia by utilization of proper equipment, regular inspections and maintenance and training of all persons that work with the material. Should an accidental release occur, the facility has orientated the local fire department and the local emergency planning committee so they can plan for response to any release and minimize the impact of the release to people and the environment. 2. Facility Informantion: The primary activity at the facility is the storage for sale to farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for direct application as a crop production nutrient. The maximum quantity stored would be 460,000 pounds in the two tanks and rail siding. The capacities of each of these tanks are 30,000 gallons for our st orage tanks and 38,500 gallons in a rail car. 3. The worst-case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of the rail car released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quanitity released would be 180,000 pounds, which represents the volume of the rail car at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards and company procedures. Off-site consequences are likely. The alternative-case release scenario is assumed to be a release from the rupture of a 2 inch transfer hose, with 11,908 pounds released over 2 minutes. There may be off-site consequences. 4. The accidental release program: The facility complies with the Rules and Regulations relating to The Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia and Low Pressure Nitrogen Solutions, Equipment, Containers and Storage Facilities. These regulations administered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture are consistent with ANSI K;61.1 and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.111 regarding storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia. 5. The Five- year Accident History: There have been no accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia for the covered process in the past five years that have caused any deaths, injuries, or significant property damage on site; nor to our knowledge, have any accidental releases resulted in offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage or environmental damage. 6. The Emergency Response Program: The facility has a written emergency action plan in accordance with OSHA standart 29 DFR 1910.38 and provide state and local authorities the emergency planning and community right-to-know information as required under SARA Title III of EPCRA. Our emergency response action plan has been reviewed with the local fire department and provided to the local emergency planning committee for coordination in the community response planning. 7. Planned changes to improve safety: Safety improvements is an on-going process at the facility. Periodic evalutaions are performed to assess the m aintenance of safe practices and operations. There are no additional specific anhydrous ammonia safety recommendations for implementation at this time. |