AGP Grain Cooperative - Ayr - Executive Summary

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AGP GRAIN COOPERATIVE 
4235 West Lincoln Avenue 
Ayr, Nebraska 68925 
 
1.  The Facility Policy 
 
    The owners, management and employees, of AGP Grain Cooperative at Ayr, Nebraska, 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 company, or other authorities, to mitigate any release and minimize the impact of the release to people and environment. 
 
2.  Facility Information 
 
   The primary activity at the facility the receiving, storage and loading out of grain, with the sale of  
anhydrous ammonia fertilizer to farmers as a secondary and seasonal business. 
 
   Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored and distributed for direct application to farmers. 
 
   The maximum quanity stored would be 229,500 pounds in our two storage tanks and twenty two one thousand gallon nurse tanks.  The maximum quanity handled would be the unloading of a 18,000 gallon storage tank holdin 
g 78,000 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 78,000 pounds,  which represents the volume of the largest storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards.  The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is .83 miles. 
 
    b.  The alternative release scenario (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 .41 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. Occupational 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 five years. 
 
6.   The emergency response program. 
 
     The facility has- 
 
      a. a written emergency action plan, in accordance with OSHA standard, 29 CFR 1910.38 
 
      b. provided state and local authorities the emergency planning and community right-to-know information 
          as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). 
 
7.    Planned changes to improve safety. 
 
      Safety improvement is an on-going process at the facility.  Periodic evaluations are performed to 
      access the maintenance of safe conditions.  There are no additional specific anhydrous ammonia 
      safety recommendations for implementation at this time.
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