Cash Grain of Pittsburg - Executive Summary |
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CLB ENTERPRISES INC. DBA Cash Grain of Pittsburg 501 South Joplin Pittsburg, KS 66762 For further information contact Rodney L. Mein-Plant Manager Risk Management Plan---Executive Summary 1. The Facility Policy The owners, management and employees of Cash Grain are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia at their KAMO Grain plant site. If any accidental release should occur, we are prepared to work with the Pittsburg and Frontenac Fire Departments, and the Crawford County LEPC, to control the release and minimize the impacts of the release to the surrounding people and environment. 2. Facility Information The primary activities of Cash Grain are retail sales of dry fertilizers, ammonia, seed, and agricultural chemicals to area farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received and stored at our KAMO Grain Facility. The site is where we fill nurse tanks for transportation and delivery to the field where the ammonia is to be applied for crop produc tion nutrients. The most ammonia stored in our storage facility would be 99,500 pounds. This is split up between a 12,000-gallon and 10,000-gallon storage tanks. The maximum quantity handled at one time would be the unloading of a tanker truck, which is approximately 40,000 pounds. 3. The worst case release and alternative case release scenarios a. The worst case release scenario would be the release of the entire contents of our largest storage tank released as a gas for a period of not over 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 54,366 pounds, which represents the contents of the largest 12,000-gallon tank filled to 85% full. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 PPM) is 1.2 miles. b. The alternative case scenario is one that is based on our own accident history. Since we have had no major accidents since we have owned the plant (about one year). We have chosen to depict a more common scenario, which is the break of a transfer hoses. The dis tance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 PPM) is less than a .1 of a mile. This distance has no immediate effects on the environment or residences. 4. The accidental release prevention program Cash Grain 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), 29 CFR 1910.111, "Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia". 5. Five year accident history Cash Grain has owned the facility for approximately one year and has had no reportable accidents since that time. 6. The emergency response program. Cash Grain has: a. A written emergency response in accordance with OSHA standard 29CFR 1910.38, and 29 CFR 1910.120, including in the plan pre-emergency planning and employee training. c. Provided state and local authorities with the emergency planning and Community right to know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). 7. Planned changes to improve safety Safety improvement is an ongoing process at Cash Grain. We perform periodic evaluations of our equipment to ensure against malfunction and failure. We are not planning any increased safety measures at this time. |