New Vision Coop - Executive Summary

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New Vision Coop 
1301 County Rd 5 
Worthington, Mn.  56187 
 
For further information contact Dennis Weber,Agronomy Manager 
 
Risk Management Plan-Executive Summary 
 
1.  THE FACILITY POLICY 
 
    The owners, management and employees of New Vision Coop are committed to the prevention of any accidental release 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 and minimize the impact of the release to people and the environment. 
 
2.  FACILITY INFORMATION 
 
    -The primary activity at the facility is the storage and blending of fertilizers for the sale to farmers. 
 
    -Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for both direct application for crop production nutrients. 
 
    -The maximum quantity of anhydrous ammonia stored would be 310,000 pounds in our 1-26,000 gallon storage tank, 1-12,000 gallon storage tank and nurse tanks. 
 
3.  THE WORSTCASE RELEASESCENARIO AND THE ALTE 
RNATIVE RELEASE SCENARIO 
 
    a.The worst case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of the largest storage tank released as a gas over 8.9 minutes for anhydrous ammonia. The maximum quantity released would be 115,000 pounds, which represents the volume of the storage tank at 85% capacity as limited by design standards. The distance to the end point of dispersion to 200ppm is 1.09 miles. 
 
    b.The alternate release scenario for ammonia is a 2 minute release from a 3" pipe break resulting in a distance of .78 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-,29CFR 1910.111, "Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia". In addition, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Ammonia Rules. 
 
 
5.  THE FIVE YEAR ACCIDENT HISTORY 
 
    There have beeb 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, 29CFR 1910.38; 
 
    b. Provided State and Local Authorities the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know information as required under SARA Title lll-EPCRA; 
 
    c. Coordinated with local emergency responders. 
 
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.
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