Shields Fertilizer Co. Inc. - Executive Summary |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR SHIELDS FERTILIZER CO. INC. Shields Fertilizer Co. is a small, locally owned and operated fertilizer dealership that sell local farmers. We have been in business for 70 years. We have prided ourselves as good corporate neighbors. We are very conscious of our neighbors and neighborhoods and make every effort to operate a clean, safe, and neat facility. The owners and employees are all local people so we are part of the community. Shields Fertilizer Co. holds regular safety and training meetings and employees regularly attend association and corporate sponsored seminars and training sessions so as to be the best trained and informed personnel as possible. Employees are knowledge as to what situations and materials may pose a health or environmental problem. We have discussed emergency reponse by employees should an accidental release occur eg. blocking storm drains with front end loaders, which way liquids would flow, ect. The police and fire depts. are familiar w ith our facility and with our worst case scenarios. We have regular "walk through" with both depts. to keep them informed as to any changes. We have diked all tanks to control accidental releases. Our aqua ammonia tanks are vented into a water tank to eliminated ammonia odor during unloading. The worst case scenario for our location would be the release of aqua ammonia. The liquid would be contained by a concrete dike. The ammonia fumes would be released into the air. Two tenths of a miles the furthest drift distance under adverse atmospheric conditions according to RMP Comp. The maximum amount of aqua ammonia on hand is approximately 76 tons. In our 70 years of operation we have never had a release of reportable amounts. Our plant manager has been employed for over 35 years and is very knowable and every employee has been here a mimmimem of four years, we have very little turnover of employees who are well trained. Two employees are volunteer fireman and the fire chief is a good cus tomer. We feel that our employees are trained to be aware of any potential problems and notify management immediately so correction can be made. Clay R. Shields, Vice Pres. |