Prillaman Chemical Corporation - Charlotte, NC - Executive Summary |
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Policy Statement: Prillaman Chemical Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ellis and Everard, was originally founded in 1939. Prillaman Chemical is an industrial chemical distributor that provides products in support of industries, ranging from food and water treatment to textiles and furniture. Activities include warehousing, packaging, bulk transfer and formulation of many common industrial chemicals. We serve Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. We are members of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and as members, we pledge to manage our business according to the principles of the NACD's Responsible Distribution Process. This process provides a system that promotes continuous improvement in the health, safety and environmental performance of our company and is designed to be sensitive and responsive to community needs and public concerns. In addition, Prillaman Chemical has a Quality Improvement process that makes safety and environm ental concerns an on-going priority. We as team members of Prillaman Chemical and as members of our communities are committed to the safe handling of the products that we distribute as well as the safe operation of our facilities, but we also recognize that emergencies relating to those activities can occur. It is our policy to ensure that emergency response units and and the public will have adequate information to allow them to react properly to emergencies, which could result from our activities. Accordingly, we have written procedures and plans, which we will utilize to minimize the effects of such events. Facility Information: The Prillaman Chemical Corporation, Charlotte facility, is located approximatel ten miles south of downtown Charlotte in the Arrowood Industrial Park. The facility occupies an eight acre site that consists of a warehouse and an office building. The Charlotte facility is an in transit storage location for the materials regulated under the EPA's Risk Man agement Program (RMP), 40 CFR Part 68 and OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM), 29 CFR 1910.119. This site has safely stored for well over five years the EPA's RMP regulated materials of 150 pound Chlorine cylinders, 2,050 pound Intermidiate bulk containers and 55 gallon drums of Cyclohexylamine, and 55 gallon drums of Ethylenediamine. Release Senarios: All release senarios were modeled utilizing the EPA's RMP Comp version 1.06. The worst case senario for Chlorine was run and the results were 150 pounds of a gas being released at a rate of 15 pounds per minute for ten minutes. This senario assumed a wind speed of 1.5 meters per second with an "F" atmospheric stability class in an urban area. This senario could affect an area up to three tenths (0.30) of a mile surrounding the facility. Within that radius the public receptors are light and heavy industy, there are no schools, residences, hospitals, recreational areas or environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoin t. The worst case senario for Cyclohexylamine was run and the results were 2,500 pounds of a liquid being released at a rate of 4 pounds per minute for five hundred and ten minutes. This senario assumed a wind speed of 1.5 meters per second with an "F" atmospheric stability class in an urban area. This senario could affect an area up to two tenths (0.20) of a mile surrounding the facility. Within that radius the public receptors are light and heavy industy, there are no schools, residences, hospitals, recreational areas or environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoint. The worst case senario for Ethylenediamine was run and the results were 400 pounds of a liquid being released at a rate of 0.2 pounds per minute for two thousand minutes. This senario assumed a wind speed of 1.5 meters per second with an "F" atmospheric stability class in an urban area. This senario could affect an area up to one tenth (0.10) of a mile surrounding the facility. Within that radiu s the public receptors are heavy industy, there are no schools, residences, hospitals, recreational areas or environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoint. The alternate release senarios were also modeled utilizing the EPA's RMP Comp version 1.06. The results were all RMP regulated materials being released at a rate of 1 pound per minute for between 150 to 500 minutes. These senarios assumed a wind speed of 1.5 meters per second with an "F" atmospheric stability class in an urban area. These senarios could affect an area up to one tenth (0.10) of a mile surrounding the facility. Within that radius the public receptors are heavy industy, there are no schools, residences, hospitals, recreational areas or environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoint. Release Prevention Programs: The Prillaman Chemical, Charlotte facility, stores and distributes these three RMP regulated materials, they are not consumed on site. Chlorine cylinder valves are covered with a protective steel cap to prevent damage. All cylinders are inspected during the unloading, storage and loading process. All cylinders on site are stored in an isolated area away from constant traffic to prevent potential damage by a forklift. All other containers of RMP regulated materials are stored and handled in accordance with standard operating procedures. All of our personnel are throughly trained, tested and observed to ensure compliace to these procedures, as well as, all of our other safety programs and requirements. Five-year Accident History: There has been no releases from the materials regulated by the EPA's RMP 40 CFR Part 68 that has resulted in on-site deaths, injuries, significate property damage or off-site deaths, injuries, property damage, environmental damage, evacuations, or sheltering in place. Emergency Response Program: The Prillaman Chemical Charlotte facility has a very comprehensive emergency response plan for on-site as well as off-site technical ass istance and hazardous materials response. All on-site personnel receive annual training for handling, storage, transportation and emergency procedures. We also have employee's that receive specialized training and are equiped to meet OSHA's CFR 1910.120 regulation for hazardous materials response. The facilities emergency response plan is reviewed, tested and updated annually and employee's are trained on any resulting changes. The plan is also distributed to the Charlotte Fire Department's, Hazardous Materials Response Section. Safety Improvements: Prillaman Chemical Corpoation is constantly searching for improvements in all areas of safety training and environmental protection and procedural improvement. We continnually evaluate new training programs and methods, as well as the latest industry technology for environmental protection. We frequently review all of our standard operating procedures in an effort to ensure continuous improvment. We are dedicated in our resolve to protect our employee's and our community. |