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***** Risk Management Plan *****  
 
***** Section 1. Registration Information *****  
* Source Identification  
Facility Name:             Worland Gas Plant  
Parent Company #1 Name:    Devon Energy Corporation (Nevada)  
Parent Company #2 Name:      
 
* Submission and Acceptance  
Submission Type:           First-time submission  
Description:                
Receipt Date:              21-JUN-1999  
Postmark Date:             15-JUN-1999  
Next Due Date:             15-JUN-2004  
Completeness Check Date:   06-JUL-1999  
Complete RMP:              YES  
De-Registered Date:          
De-Registered Effective  
Date:                        
Certification Received:    YES  
 
* Facility Identification  
EPA Facility Identifier:   1000 0009 2231  
Other EPA Systems  
Facility ID:                
 
* Dun and Bradstreet Numbers (DUNS)  
Facility DUNS:              
Parent Company #1 DUNS:    049401565  
Parent Company #2 DUNS:      
 
* Facility Location Address  
Street 1:                  364 Highway 20 North  
Street 2:                    
City:                      Worland  
State:                     WYOMING  
ZIP:                       82401  
ZIP4:                      9724  
County:                    WASHAKIE  
 
Facility Latitude and Longitude  
Lat. (dd mm ss.s):         44 07 48.0  
Long. (ddd mm ss.s):       -107 54 33.0  
Latitude (decimal):        44.13  
Longitude (decimal):       -107.909167  
Lat/Long Method:           Classical Surveying Techniques  
Lat/Long Description:      Administrative Building  
 
* EPA Default Map Value Latitude/Longitude  
EPA Default Map Value  
Latitude (decimal):        44.13  
EPA Default Map Value  
Longitude (decimal):       -107.909167  
EPA Default Map Value  
Lat/Long Method:           CLASSICAL SURVEYING TECHNIQUES  
EPA Default Map Value  
Lat/Long Description:      ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING  
 
* Owner or Operator  
Operator Name:             Devon Energy Corporation (Nevada)  
Operator Phone:            (405) 235-3611  
 
Mailing Address  
Operator Street 1:         20 North Broadway  
Operator Street 2:          
Operator City:             Oklahoma City  
Operator State:            OKLAHOMA  
Operator ZIP:              73102  
Operator ZIP4:             8260  
Operator Foreign State  
or Province:                
Operator Foreign ZIP:        
Operator Foreign Country:    
 
* Name and title of person or position responsible for part 68 (RMP) implementation  
RMP name of person:        Charles McDonald  
RMP Title of person or  
position:                  Environmental/Safety Specialist  
 
* Emergency Contact  
Emergency contact name:    Guy Shipley  
Emergency contact title:   Plant Supervisor  
Emergency contact phone:   (307) 347-2495  
Emergency contact  
24-hour phone:             (307) 347-2495  
Emergency contact ext.  
or PIN:                      
 
* Other Points of Contact  
Facility or Parent  
Company E-mail Address:      
Facility Public Contact  
Phone:                     none  
Facility or Parent  
Company WWW Homepage  
Address:                    
 
* Local Emergency Planning Committee  
LEPC:                      Washakie County LEPC  
 
* Full Time Equivalent Employees  
Number of full time  
employees (FTE) on site:   9  
FTE Claimed as CBI:          
 
* Covered by  
OSHA PSM :                 YES  
EPCRA 302 :                  
CAA Title V:                  
Air Operating Permit ID:    
 
* OSHA Ranking  
OSHA Star or Merit  
Ranking:                      
 
* Last Safety Inspection  
Last Safety Inspection  
(by an External Agency)  
Date:                        
Last Safety Inspection  
Peformed by an External  
Agency:                    Never had one  
 
* Predictive Filing  
Did this RMP involve  
predictive filing?:          
 
* Confidential Business Information (CBI)  
CBI Claimed:                  
Substantiation Provided:      
Unsanitized RMP Provided:    
 
* Reportable Accidents  
Reportable Accidents:      No accidents meeting RMP reporting requirements were claimed.  
 
***** Executive Summary *****  
Devon Energy Worland Gas Plant Risk Management Plan:  
Executive Summary  
 
 
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE POLICIES  
 
The Devon Energy Worland gas plant has a long-standing commitment to worker and public safety.  This commitment is demonstrated by the resources invested in accident prevention, such as training personnel and a strong record for safety in the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of Devon's equipment and processes.  Devon's policy is to implement reasonable controls to prevent foreseeable releases of regulated substances.  However, if a release does occur, trained gas plant personnel will respond to control and contain the release.  
 
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE STATIONARY SOURCE AND REGULATED SUBSTANCES  
 
The Worland gas plant, located 9 miles north of Worland, Wyoming, operates a variety of processes to produce petroleum products (e.g., natural gas, propane, butane, and condensate) from wet (i.e. contains hydrocarbon liquids) natural gas.  The Worland gas plan  
t produces several regulated flammables, such as propane and butane.  
 
 
OFFSITE CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS RESULTS  
 
The worst-case scenario (WCS) associated with flammable substances in Program Level 3 processes at the gas plant is a rupture of a tank car being loaded with propane at the tank car loading rack, with the car almost full and product being pumped into it.  A north to south or west to east wind of any velocity could carry released propane to either one of two offsite receptors.  These sites are a house 650 feet south of the loading station, and an occupied compressor station 875 feet to the east of the loading station.  Ignition of the released propane could cause a vapor cloud explosion, jet fire, pool fire or BLEVE of the tank.  No other dwellings are within the endpoint distances calculated for this situation.  Approximately 120,000 pounds of propane could be released.  The endpoint at 1 psi is 2,112 feet from the loading rack.  Ten percent of the released quantity is assumed t  
o participate in the resulting explosion.  Safety shutoff valves located at a safe distance are present to stop flow to the tank car.  
 
The alternative release scenario (ARS) is a rupture of a propane storage tank at the tank farm with the tank almost full and propane being produced into it.  A north to south wind of any velocity could carry released propane to an ignition point creating a potential vapor cloud explosion and subsequent jet fire, pool fire, and/or BLEVE.  Affected offsite habitation is one home 1,914 feet south of the storage tanks, and an occupied compressor station 875 feet east of the storage tanks.  No other dwellings are within the endpoint distances calculated for this tank.  Approximately 144,398 pounds of propane could be released.  The endpoint at 1 psi is 2,270 feet.  Ten percent of the released quantity is assumed to participate in the resulting explosion.  Isolation valves are present at the plant and a PSV (pressure safety valve) is present on the tank.  
 
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mical-specific information, including exposure hazards and emergency response/exposure treatment considerations, is provided in material safety data sheets (MSDSs).  This information is supplemented by documents that specifically address known corrosion concerns and any known hazards associated with the inadvertent mixing of chemicals.  For specific process areas, the gas plant has documented safety-related limits for specific process parameters (e.g., temperature, level, composition) in a key process parameter document.  The gas plant ensures that the process is maintained within these limits using highly trained personnel, process controls and monitoring instruments, and protective instrument systems (e.g.,  manual and automated shutdown systems).  
 
The gas plant also maintains numerous technical documents that provide information about the design and construction of process equipment. This information includes materials of construction, design pressure, volume and temperature ratings  
, and electrical rating of equipment.  This information, in combination with written procedures and trained personnel, provides a basis for establishing inspection and maintenance activities, as well as for evaluating proposed process and facility changes to ensure that safety features in the process are not compromised.  
 
 
PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA)  
 
The Worland gas plant has a comprehensive program to help ensure that existing and potential hazards associated with the various processes are identified and controlled.  Within this program, each process is systematically examined to identify hazards and ensure that adequate controls are in place to manage these hazards.  
 
The Worland gas plant primarily uses the "what if" analysis technique to perform these evaluations. The analyses are conducted using a multi-disciplined team of people who have operating and maintenance experience as well as engineering expertise.  This team identifies and evaluates hazards of the process as well as a  
ccident prevention and mitigation measures, and the team makes suggestions for additional prevention and/or mitigation measures when the team believes such measures are necessary.  
 
All approved mitigation options in response to PHA team findings are tracked until they are completed.  The final resolution of each finding is documented and retained.  
 
To help ensure that the process controls and/or process hazards do not eventually deviate significantly from the original design safety features, the plant periodically updates and revalidates the hazard analysis results.  These periodic reviews are conducted at least every five years and will be conducted at this frequency until the process is no longer operating.  The results and findings from these updates are documented and retained.  Once again, the team findings are forwarded to management for consideration, and the final resolution of the findings is documented and retained.  
 
 
 
PRE-STARTUP SAFETY REVIEWS (PSSRs)  
 
The Worland gas plant  
conducts a PSSR for any new facility or facility modification that requires a change in the process safety information.  The purpose of the PSSR is to ensure that safety features, procedures, personnel, and equipment are appropriately prepared for startup prior to placing the equipment into service.  This review provides one additional check to make sure construction is in accordance with the design specifications and that all supporting systems are operationally ready.  The PSSR review team uses checklists to verify all aspects of readiness.  A PSSR involves field verification of the construction and serves as a quality assurance function by requiring verification that accident prevention program requirements are properly implemented.  
 
 
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY  
 
The Worland gas plant has well-established practices and procedures to maintain pressure vessels, piping systems, relief and vent systems, controls, pumps and compressors, and emergency shutdown systems in a safe operating condit  
ion.  The basic aspects of this program include: (1) conducting training, (2) developing written procedures, (3) performing inspections and tests, (4) correcting identified deficiencies, and (5) applying quality assurance measures.  In combination, these activities form a system that maintains the mechanical integrity of the process.  
 
Maintenance personnel receive training on (1) an overview of the process, (2) safety, health, environmental  hazards, (3) applicable maintenance procedures, (4) emergency response plans, and (5) applicable safe work practices to help ensure that they can perform their jobs in a safe manner.  Written procedures help ensure that work is performed in a consistent manner and provide a basis for training.  Inspections and tests are performed to help ensure that equipment functions as intended and to verify that equipment is within acceptable limits (e.g., adequate wall thickness for pressure vessels, relief valve testing).  If a deficiency is identified, emplo  
yees will correct the deficiency, if it is considered to be a major potential safety problem before placing the equipment back into service, or a management of change team will review the use of the equipment and determine what actions are necessary to ensure the safe operation of the equipment.  
 
Another integral part of the mechanical integrity program is quality assurance.  The Worland gas plant incorporates quality assurance measures into equipment purchases and repairs.  This helps ensure that equipment is suitable for its intended use and that proper materials and spare parts are used when repairs are made.  
 
 
SAFE WORK PRACTICES  
 
The Worland gas plant has long-standing safe work practices in place to help ensure worker and process safety.  Examples of these include (1) control of the entry/presence/exit of support personnel, (2) a lockout/tagout procedure to ensure isolation of energy sources for equipment undergoing maintenance, (3) a procedure for safe removal of hazardous subst  
ances before process piping or equipment is opened, (4) a permit and procedure to control spark-producing activities (i.e., hot work), and (5) a permit and procedure to ensure that adequate precautions are in place before and during entry into a confined space.  These procedures (and others), along with training of affected personnel, form a system to help ensure that operations and maintenance activities are performed safely.  
 
 
SPECIALIZED SAFETY FEATURES  
 
The Worland gas plant has safety features on many units to help (1) contain/control a release, (2) quickly detect a release, and (3) reduce the consequences of (mitigate) a release.  The following types of safety features are used in the covered processes:  
 
Release Detection  
 
1. Hydrocarbon detectors with alarms in the process building.  
 
Release Containment/Control  
 
1. Process relief valves that discharge to a flare to incinerate episodic releases;  
2. Valves to permit isolation of the process (manual or automated);  
3. Automated shut  
down systems for specific process parameters (e.g., high/low temperature, pressure  and volume);  
4. Redundant equipment and instrumentation (i.e., backup firewater pump);  
5. Atmospheric relief valves.  
 
Release Mitigation  
 
1. Fire suppression and extinguishing systems;  
2. Trained emergency response personnel;  
3. Personal protective equipment (e.g., fire retardant clothing).  
 
 
PLANNED CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY  
 
The Worland gas plant resolves all findings from PHAs, some of which result in modifications to the process.  The following types of changes are planned over the next few years in response to PHA, safety audit, and incident investigation findings:  
 
7 Upgrade process control system to use distributed computerized control system.  
 
 
 
* Process Chemicals  
Process ID:                14765  
Description:                
Process Chemical ID:       18097  
Program Level:             Program Level 3 process  
Chemical Name:             Propane  
CAS Number:                74-98-6  
Quantity (lbs):            750000  
CBI claimed:                  
Flammable/Toxic:           FLAMMABLE  
 
Process ID:                14765  
Description:                
Process Chemical ID:       18098  
Program Level:             Program Level 3 process  
Chemical Name:             Butane  
CAS Number:                106-97-8  
Quantity (lbs):            490000  
CBI claimed:                  
Flammable/Toxic:           FLAMMABLE  
 
* Process NAICS              
Process ID:                14765  
Process NAICS ID:          15125  
Program Level:             Program Level 3 process  
NAICS Code:                211112  
NAICS Description:         Natural Gas Liquid Extraction  
 
***** Section 2. Toxic: Worst Case *****  
***** Section 3. Toxic: Alternative Release *****  
***** Section 4. Flammables: Worst Case *****  
Flammable Worst ID:        2382  
Model Used:                EPA's RMP Guidance for Propane Storage Facilities  Reference Tables or Equations  
Endpoint Used:             1 PSI  
 
Passive Mitigation considered  
Blastwalls:                  
Other:                      
 
***** Section 5. Flammable: Alternative Release *****  
Flammable Alter ID:        1938  
Model Used:                EPA's RMP Guidance for Propane Storage Facilities  Reference Tables or Equations  
 
Passive Mitigation considered  
Dikes:                        
Fire Walls:                  
Blast Walls:                  
Enclosures:                  
Other:                      
 
Active Mitigation considered  
Sprinkler System:            
Deluge System:                
Water Curtain:                
Excess Flow Valve:         YES  
Other Type:                  
 
***** Section 6. Accident History *****  
 
***** Section 7. Program Level 3 *****  
 
** Description:  
propane  
 
 
 
 
Program Level 3 Prevention Program Chemicals  
Prevention Program  
Chemical ID:               10031  
Chemical Name:             Propane  
Flammable/Toxic:           FLAMMABLE  
CAS Number:                74-98-6  
 
Prevention Program Level  
3 ID:                      7455  
NAICS Code:                211112  
 
* Saftey Information        
Safety review date (The  
date on which the safety  
information was last  
reviewed or revised):      17-DEC-1998  
 
* Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)  
PHA completion date  
(date of last PHA or PHA  
update:                    17-DEC-1998  
 
The Technique Used  
What IF:                   YES  
Checklist:                    
What If/Checklist:            
HAZOP:                        
Failure Mode and Effects  
Analysis:                    
Fault Tree Analysis:          
Other technique used:        
PHA change completion  
date (The expected or  
actual date of  
completion of all  
changes resulting from  
last PHA or PHA update):   01-FEB-1999  
 
Major Hazards Identified  
Toxic release:                
Fire:                      YES  
Explosion:                 YES  
Runaway reaction:            
Polymerization:              
Overpressurization:          
Corrosion:                    
Overfilling:               YES  
Contamination:                
Equipment failure:         YES  
Loss of cooling,  
heating, electricity,  
instrument air:              
Earthquake:                  
Floods (flood plain):        
Tornado:                      
Hurricanes:                  
Other major hazard  
identified:                  
 
Process Controls In Use  
Vents:                     YES  
Relief valves:             YES  
Check valves:              YES  
Scrubbers:                 YES  
Flares:                    YES  
Manual shutoffs:           YES  
Automatic shutoffs:        YES  
Interlocks:                YES  
Alarms and procedures:     YES  
Keyed bypass:                
Emergency air supply:      YES  
Emergency power:           YES  
Backup pump:               YES  
Grounding equipment:       YES  
Inhibitor addition:          
Rupture disks:                
Excess flow device:        YES  
Quench system:                
Purge system:                
None:                        
Other process control in  
use:                        
 
Mitigation Systems In Use  
Sprinkler system:            
Dikes:                        
Fire walls:                  
Blast walls:                  
Deluge system:                
Water curtain:                
Enclosure:                    
Neutralization:              
None:                      YES  
Other mitigation system  
in use:                      
 
Monitoring/Detection Systems In Use  
Process area detectors:    YES  
Perimeter monitors:          
None:                        
Other  
monitoring/detection  
system in use:             Alarms and Shutdowns  
 
Changes Since Last PHA Update  
Reduction in chemical  
inventory:                    
Increase in chemical  
inventory:                    
Change process  
parameters:                  
Installation of process  
controls:                    
Installation of process  
detection systems:            
Installation of  
perimeter monitoring  
systems:                      
Installation of  
mitigation systems:          
None recommended:            
None:                      YES  
Other change since last  
PHA or PHA update:          
 
Review of Operating Procedures  
Operating procedures  
revision date (The date  
of the most recent  
review or revision of  
operating procedures):     04-FEB-1999  
 
* Training                  
Training revision date  
(The date of the most  
recent review or  
revision of training  
programs):                 23-JUL-1998  
 
The Type of Training Provided  
Classroom:                 YES  
On the job:                YES  
Other type of training  
provided:                    
 
The Type of Competency Testing Used  
Written test:              YES  
Oral test:                    
Demonstration:                
Observation:                  
Other type of competency  
testing used:                
 
* Maintenance  
Maintenance procedures  
revision date (The date  
of the most recent  
review or revision of  
maintenance procedures):   19-MAY-1995  
Equipment inspection  
date (The date of the  
most recent equipment  
inspection or test):       15-DEC-1998  
Equipment tested:  
(Equipment most recently  
inspected or tested)       TEG Unit  
 
* Management of Change  
Change management date  
(The date of the most  
recent change that  
triggered management of  
change procedures):        10-OCT-1997  
Change management  
revision date (The date  
of the most recent  
review or revision of  
management of change  
procedures):               10-OCT-1997  
 
* Pre-Startup Review  
Pre-startup review date  
(The date of the most  
recent pre-startup  
review):                   10-OCT-1997  
 
* Compliance Audits  
Compliance audit date  
(The date of the most  
recent compliance audit):  07-OCT-1998  
Compliance audit change  
completion date  
(Expected or actual date  
of completion of all  
changes resulting from  
the compliance audit):     08-JAN-1999  
 
Incident Investigation  
Incident investigation  
date (The date of the  
most recent incident  
investigation (if any)):    
Incident investigation  
change date (The  
expected or actual date  
of completion of all  
changes resulting from  
the investigation):          
 
* Employee Participation Plans  
Participation plan  
revision date (The date  
of the most recent  
review or revision of  
employee participation  
plans):                    19-MAY-1995  
 
* Hot Work Permit Procedures  
Hot Work permit review  
date (The date of the  
most recent review or  
revision of hot work  
permit procedures):        19-SEP-1996  
 
* Contractor Safety Procedures  
Contractor safety  
procedures review date  
(The date of the most  
recent review or  
revision of contractor  
safety procedures):        19-SEP-1996  
Contractor safety  
performance evaluation  
date (The date of the  
most recent review or  
revision of contractor  
safety performance):       01-AUG-1997  
 
* Confidential Business Information  
CBI claimed:                  
 
 
***** Section 9. Emergency Response *****  
 
* Written Emergency Response (ER) Plan  
Community Plan (Is facility included in  
written community emergency response plan?):   YES  
Facility Plan (Does facility have its own  
written emergency response plan?):             YES  
Response Actions (Does ER plan include  
specific actions to be taken in reponse to  
accidental releases of regulated  
substance(s)?):                                YES  
Public Information (Does ER plan include  
procedures for informing the public and  
local agencies responding to accidental  
release?):                                     YES  
Healthcare (Does facility's ER plan include  
information on emergency health care?):        YES  
 
* Emergency Response Review  
Review Date (Date of most recent review or  
update of facility's ER plan):                 03-DEC-1998  
 
* Emergency Response Training  
Training Date (Date of most recent review or  
update of facility's employees):               08-OCT-1998  
 
* Local Agency  
Agency Name (Name of local agency with which  
the facility ER plan or response activities  
are coordinated):                              Worland Fire Department  
Agency Phone Number (Phone number of local  
agency with which the facility ER plan or  
response activities are coordinated):          (307) 347-3679  
 
* Subject to:  
OSHA Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.38:            YES  
OSHA Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.120:           YES  
Clean Water Regulations at 40 CFR 112:         YES  
RCRA Regulations at CFR 264, 265, and 279.52:    
OPA 90 Regulations at 40 CFR 112, 33 CFR  
154, 49 CFR 194, or 30 CFR 254:                  
State EPCRA Rules or Laws:                     YES  
Other (Specify):                               TSCA  
 
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