ART'S MILLING SERVICE INC - Executive Summary |
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THE ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE POLICY AT ARTS MILLING SERVICE INC. WE COMPLY WITH OSHA (29 CFR 1910.111) REQUIREMENTS FOR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA STORAGE AND IT IS OUR POLICY TO COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS. IF AN EMERGENCY IS TO HAPPEN OUR POLICY IS TO CALL 911. OUR FACILITY IS A GRAIN, FERTILIZER, FEED, AND CHEMICAL PLANT. WE SELL NH3 TO FARMERS IN THE SPRING FOR A SOURCE OF NITROGEN FOR THEIR CORN ACRES. OUR NH3 TANK IS A 30,000 GALLON TANK AND WE ALSO HAVE PIPING ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL. OUR WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE IF OUR TANK WAS HIT AND SPLIT OPEN AND 131,000 LBS OF NH3 WOULD DISPERSE INTO THE AIR CAUSING A TOXIC GAS RELEASE. ON OUR EPA CHART OUR ENDPOINT WOULD BE 4.4MILES ENDANGERING UP TO 450 PEOPLE. ARTS MILLING SERVICE INC COMPLIES WITH ALL OF EPA'S ACCIDENT PREVENTION RULE AND ALL STATE AND LOCAL CODES, AND REGULAIONS THAT APPLY TO US. OUR NH3 TANK IN STALLED AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE TO OSHA (29 CFR 1910.11) AND STA TE LAWS. WE HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS INVOLVING NH3 WHICH HAS CAUSED DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY OR INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY INVOLVING NH3, IT IS OUR POLICY TO CALL 911. THE HOWARD COUNTY LEPC HAS OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO BE MADE WITH OUR NH3 SETUP. |