Cameron Grain Corp. - Executive Summary |
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CAMERON GRAIN CORP. HAS RETAIL ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. OUR MAIN SAFETY CONCERN IS TO ALL PEOPLE: EMPLOYEES CUSTOMERS, OR other. ALL PERSONNEL ARE INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT AT PEEK OPERATING CONDITION. OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN SCHOOLED IN THE SAFE HANDLING OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TROUGH COOPERATION WITH THE ILLINOIS FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. CAMERON GRAIN CORP'S ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FACILITY HAS FOUR EIGHTEEN THOUSAND GALLON TANKS AS TOTAL STORAGE. ALL FOUR TANKS HAVE SIMILAR VOLUME OF FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND POUNDS OF PRODUCT. THE DISTANCE TO ENDPOINT IS THREE TENTHS OF A MILE. THE MAXIMUM INVENTORY OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. THE TANKS CAN BE INDIVIDUALLY SHUT OFF SO ANY INDIVIDUAL TANK RUPTURE COULD BY CONTAINED TO ONLY ONE TANK. ANY PROCESS PIPING RUPTURE COULD BE CONTAINED TO THE PRODUCT IN THE PIPING. OVERFILLING OF STORAGE TANKS IS RELEASED INTO ATMOSPHERE BY STORAGE TANK RELIEF VALVE S. CAMERON GRAIN CORP.'S HAS NO ACCIDENTAL RELEASES IN ITS FIVE YEAR HISTORY. ALL TANKS INDIVIDUALLY HAVE VOLUME GUAGE, PRESSURE GUAGES, EXCESS FLOW VALVES, EXCESS PRESSURE POP-OFFS. THE SYSTEM PIPING HAS ONE WAY CHECK VALVES. |