ELKHART COOPERATIVE EQUITY EXCHANGE - Executive Summary |
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ELKHART COOPERATIVE EQUITY EXCHANGE IS AN AGRICULTURAL RETAIL BUSINESS WHICH SELLS FERTILIZER TO AREA CROP PRODUCERS. OUR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PLANT CONSISTS OF 1-26000 GALLON TANK AND 1-12000 GALLON TANK AND ALL OF ITS EQUIPMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON SAFETY PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES. WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN ONE ACCIDENTAL INCIDENT INVOLVING A TRANSFER HOSE WHICH RESULTED IN THE EXPOSURE OF AN EMPLOYEE TO ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD HAVE A TOXIC GAS RELEASE OF 120,000 POUNDS WITH A DISTANCE TO ENDPOINT OF 2.32 MILES AFFECTING NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN IS COORDINATED WITH THE ELKHART FIRE DEPARTMENT EACH YEAR AND THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO BE OUR FIRST RESPONDER AND OUR EMERGENCY PLAN IS ALSO SHARED WITH THE COUNTY LEPC. |