River Valley Ag. / Clarinda - Executive Summary

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401 North 1st Street 
Clarinda, IA  51632 
712-542-5212 
For further information, contact: John Lee, manager 
 
THE FACILITY POLICY 
The owners, management and employees of River Valley Ag 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 any release and minimize the impact of the release to people and the environment. 
 
FACILITY INFORMATION 
The primary activity at the facility is the storage and sale of fertilizers to farmers. 
Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for application for crop production nutrients. 
The maximum quantity stored would be 76,000 pounds in our 18,000 gallon storage tank.   
 
THE WORST-CASE RELEASE SCENARIO 
The worst-case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of the storage tank, as a gas, over 10 minutes.  The maximum quantity released would be 76,500 pounds, whic 
h represents the volume of the storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards.  The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 PPM) is 1.90 miles. 
 
THE ALTERNATIVE RELEASE SCENARIO 
The alternative release scenario based on the five-year accident history (or the most likely potential incident) is a release from a break in a transfer hose.  The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 PPM) is 1.60 miles. 
 
THE ACCIDENTAL RELEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM 
The facility has implemented the provision 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". 
 
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 prop 
erty damage at the facility; nor to our knowledge, have resulted in offsite deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. 
 
EMERGENCY PROGRAM 
The facility has: 
    - A written emergency action plan in accordance with OSHA standard, 29 CFR 1910.38, including pre-emergency planning and employee training. 
 
    - Provided state and local authorities the emergency planning and community right-to-know information  
       As required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). 
 
 PLANNED CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY 
Safety improvement is an on-going process at our facility.  Periodic evaluations are performed to assess the maintenance of safe conditions.  There are not additional specific anhydrous ammonia safety recommendations for implementation at this time.
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