Martin Ag Service, Inc. - Executive Summary |
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Martin Ag Service, Inc. Contact: Barbara Martin 319-689-5482 The owners, management and employees of Martin Ag Service 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, or other authorities, to mitigate and minimize the impacts of the release to the people and the environment. Our facility stores and blends fertilizers for sale to farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored and distributed for both direct application and for blending into mixed-grade fertilizers for crop production nutrients. Anhydrous ammonia is stored at our facility in one 18,000 gallon and one 12,000 gallon storage tanks. The maximum quantity of anhydrous ammonia stored would be 127,500 pounds. 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 of anhydrous ammonia released would be 76,500 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 1.9 miles. The alternate release scenarios based on either the five year accident history or the most likely potential incident is a release from a break in a 3 inch transfer hose followed by release of ammonia for 2 minutes before an aiutomatic or manual shut-off intervenes and stops the flow of ammonia. The maximum quanity released would be 26,640 pounds. The distance to the endpoint is 1.1 miles. Our facility has been reviewed for general compliance with applicable standards for storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia. The standards for anhydrous ammonia include the provisions of "Safety Requirements for the Storage and handling of Anhydrous Ammonia, K-61.1"m published by the American National Standards Institutte, Inc. (ANSI), and the standards of the U. S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29CFR1910.111, "Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia". The ANSI standard has been adopted by reference by Iowa Administrative Code Part 21-Chap;ter 43-Rule 43.6(200)-Standard for the storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia. There has been no accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia in the past five years that has caused any deaths, injuries or significant property damage at the facility, nor to our knowledge, has resulted in off-site deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. Our facility has a written action plan, in accordance with OSHA standard 29CFR 1910.38; Our facility has provided state and local authoritiers with the emergency planning and community right to know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA); Our facility has a written emergency response program in accordance with OSHA standard 29CFR 1910.120, including pre-emergency planning and emplo yee training. Safety improvement is an on-going process at our facility. Periodic evaluations are performed to assess the maintenance of safe conditions. There are no additional specific safety recommendations regarding storage or use of anhydrous ammonia for implementation at this time. |