MONKE BROTHERS FERTILIZER - BENNINGTON - Executive Summary |
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MONKE BROS FERTILIZER BENNINGTON LOCATION For further information contact, Donald Laaker, Plant Manager. Risk Management Plan - Executive Summary 1. The Facility Policy: The owners, management, and employees of Monke Bros. Fertilizer, Bennington Location, 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, to mitigate any release and minimize the impact of the release to people and the environment. 2. Facility information: The primary activity at the facility is the storage of fertilizer for sale to farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for direct application for crop production nutrients. The maximum quantity stored would be 90,000 pounds in our two storage tanks, one holding 15,000 gallons and one holding 6,000 gallons. The maximum quantity handled would be the unloading of a tractor trailer holding approximately 40,000 pounds. 3. The worst case release scenario and the alternative release scenario. a. The worst case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 64,000 pound, which represents the volume of the largest storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards. The distance to endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 1.63 miles. b. The alternative release scenario based on the most likely potential incident, which is a release from a break in a transfer hose. The distance to endpoint (point of dispersion to 200ppm) is .83 miles. 4. The accidental release prevention 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 National Standards Institute, Inc. and the standards of the U.S. Occu pational Safety and Health Administration (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 5 years that: a. have caused any deaths, injuries, or other significant property damage at the facility: nor b. to our knowledge, have resulted in offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. 6. The emergency response program: a. a written emergency action plan, in accordance with OSHA standards. 29CFR 1910.38 b. provided the local fire departments the emergency planning information. 7. Planned changes to improve safety. Safety improvement is an on going process at the facility. Periodic evaluations are performed to assess the maintenance of safe conditions. There are no additional specific, anhydrous ammonia safety recommendations for implementation at this time. |