DANVILLE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (BLUFF BRANCH) - Executive Summary |
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For further information contact Dave Andra the companies general manager. !. THE FACILITY POLICY The owners, management, and the employees of the Danville Cooperative Association are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release should occur, the facility is prepared to work with the local fire department, or other authorities, to mitigate any releases and minimize the impact of the release to the people and the environment. 2. FACILITY INFORMATION The primary activity at the facility is the storing of fertilizer for sale to the farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for direct application for crop production nutrients. The maximum quanti ty stored would be 193,000 pounds in our tanks with the capacity one of 26,000 gallons and one of 18,000 gallons. The maximum quantity handled would be the unloadiing of a rail tank car holding 150,000 pounds. 3. WORST CASE AND ALTERNATIVE RELEASE SCENARIO A.The worst case scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as a gas over the period of ten minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 114,000 pounds, which represents the volume of the largest storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards. The distance to the end point would be (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) 2.32 miles. B. The alternative release scenario based on the five year accident history( or the most likel y potential incident) is a release from a break in a transfer hose. The distance to the endpoint(point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 0.47 miles. 4. THE ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PROGRAM The facility has implemented the provisions of "Safety Requirements for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia,K-61.1", published by the American Standards Institiute, Inc., and the standards of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Adminis tration (OSHA), 29 CFR 1910.111, "Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia". 5. THE FIVE YEAR ACCIDENT HISTORY There have been no accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia in the past five years that: -have caused any deaths, injuries, or other significant property damage at the facility; nor -to our knowledge, have 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 standard 29 CFR 1910.38 -provided state and local authorities the emergency planning and community right to know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA) -a writtten emergency response program in accordance with the OSHA standard, 29 CFR 1910.120, including pre-emergency planning and employee training. 7. PLANNED CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY Safety improvement is an ongoing process at the facility. Periodic evaluations are pe r- formed to assess the maintenance of the safe conditions. There are no additional specific anhydrous ammonia safety recommendations for implementations at this time. |