Cheney Brothers, Inc. - Executive Summary |
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CHENEY BROTHERS, INC. This Executive Summary for Cheney Brothers, Inc. (CBI), in compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act 112a, is presented for interested parties. CBI has been in business since 1928, serving businesses and the community for over 70 years. CBI currently employs some 300 personnel on a full or part-time basis. CBI is the proud sponsor of many youth, civic, academic and public organizations. CBI has built a new, state-of-the-art, refrigeration and warehouse facility for wholesale distribution of pre-processed foods and dry goods. With the construction of the new facility, CBI had the respected design/engineering firm, Mollenberg & Betz, design, build and certify the ammonia refrigeration system that keeps the frozen foods preserved until shipped to the end user. CBI has complied with the Occupational Safety and Health Safety Administration (OSHA) 29CFR1910 .119 Process Safety Management (PSM) for Anhydrous Ammonia. In preparing the PSM it was determined that there was not a general hazard to employees at the facility due to the fact that the ammonia is contained within the refrigeration system itself. The hazard is present to maintenance personnel when performing repairs or replacing valves, gauges, etc. on the system. This repair work is done in a very well controlled environment which isolates the repair section and reduces the amount of ammonia lost to a very minimum. Since the facility is new and in very good working condition; it is estimated that less than 20 pounds of ammonia may have been lost from the system per year due to maintenance. All CBI refrigeration maintenance personnel are well trained, certified by Mollenberg & Betz, and experienced in ammonia refrigeration systems. Select CBI maintenance personnel are OSHA 40-Hour Hazwoper Trained for Emergency Response at the facility. This training was conducted by TLC Cons ultants, Inc. a certified occupational health & safety training company and environmental consulting firm. CBI has the necessary emergency response personnel and equipment on-site to handle minor emergencies that may occur. In case of a major release CBI will implement it's Emergency Evacuation Plan and inform the local police and fire departments of the situation. CBI has developed a documented system of checks and balances for maintenance and inspection procedures that have been endorsed by everyone in the CBI Management Team from Byron Russell, President and CEO, thru Danny Wells, Maintenance Management Supervisor, to ensure the safe operation of the ammonia refrigeration system. CBI has an on-going training program which updates personnel on a routine basis for changes, problems and new technologies pertaining to the ammonia refrigeration system. CBI personnel have been trained and are maintained current in accordance with the OSHA 29CFR1910.120 - Hazwoper Emergency Respon se Standard. CBI has registered the ammonia refrigeration facility with the State of Florida. |