Highwood Plant - Executive Summary |
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For futher information contact; Larry Irvine, Safety Director. Risk Management Plan-executive summary 1. The facility policy The owners, management, and employees of Kernaghan's Service, Inc. are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release should occur the facilities are prepared to work with the local fire departments, or other authorities, to mitigate any release and minimize the impact of the release to people and the environment. 2. Facility information The primary activity at the facility is the storage of fertilizer for the sale to farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for direct application for crop nutrients. The maximum quanity stored would be 179,000 lb. at the Highwood plant. There are no fulltime employees at the site year-round due to the seasonal nature of the business. 3. The worst case release scenario and alternative release senario. A. The wor st case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum released at the Highwood Plant would be 84,000 lb. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is .83 miles. B. The alternative release scenario based on the most likely potential incident is a release from a break in a transfer hose. the distance to the endpoint (200 ppm) is .22 miles. 4. The accidential release prevention program. The facilities have 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 that ; have caused any deaths, injuries, or significant property damage at the facility; nor to our knowledge, have resulted in offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. 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 111 (EPCRA) 7. Planned changes to improve safety Safety improvement is an ongoing 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. |