United Western Cooperative - Executive Summary |
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Risk Management Plan - Executive Summary Facility: UNITED WESTERN COOP, MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA Contact: MIKE SCHULTE Phone: 888-440-2777 1. Facility Policy. The owners, management and employees of UNITED WESTERN COOP are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of propane. If an accidental release should occur, the facility is prepared to work with the local fire department, or other authorities, to mitigate and minimize the impacts of the release to the people and the environment. 2. Facility Information. The primary activity at the facility is the storage of propane for use in the elevator dryer stored at the facility, and stored in one 8,000 gallon storage tank. The maximum quantity stored would be 8,000 x 85% x 4.0 lbs/gallon or 27,200 lbs. 3. Worst-Case Scenario and Alternate Release Scenario a. The worst-case scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as gas over a period of 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 27,200 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 (point of dispersion to 200 parts per million, or ppm) is 0.3 miles. b. The alternate release scenario, based on the five-year accident history (or the most likely potential incident), is a release from a break in a transfer hose. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 0.03 miles. 4. Five-Year Accident History. There have been no accidental releases of propane in the past five years that: have caused any deaths, injuries or significant property damage at the facility; nor to our knowledge, have resulted in off-site deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. 5. Emergency Response Program. The facility has: a. a written action plan, in accordance with OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.38. b. provided state and local author ities with the emergency planning and community right-to-know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). c. a written emergency response program, in accordance with OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120, including pre-emergency planning and employee training. 6. 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 safety recommendations regarding storage or use of propane for implementation at this time. |