COOERATIVE ELEVATOR & SUPPLY CO. (MEADE NH3) - Executive Summary |
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COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR AND SUPPLY COMPANY OF MEADE, KANSAS IS AN AGRICULTURAL RETAIL BUSINESS WHICH SPECIALIZES IN AG INPUTS, SUCH AS FERTILIZERS, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, AND AG CHEMICALS. OUR PLANT CONSISTS OF TWO(2) 12,000 GALLON AND ONE(1) 8,000 GALLON TANK WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 115,328 POUNDS OF PRODUCT, WHEN FILLED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 85%. THE FACILITY IS INSPECTED EACH YEAR BY THE KANSAS DEPT OF AGRICULTURE AND WE COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR REQUESTS FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE PLANT STRICTLY ADHERES TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD HAVE A RELEASE OF 53,000 POUNDS WITH A DISTANCE TO ENDPOINT OF 1.89 MILES AND HAS THE P OTENTIAL TO EFFECT 2,000 AREA RESIDENTS. THERE IS A GRADE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, JAIL, VARIOUS AREA BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS. THE ALTERNATIVE RELEASE WOULD BE A TRANSFER HOSE RUPTURE WITH AN 11,908 POUND RELEASE, WITH A DISTANCE TO ENDPOINT OF .83 MILES AND WOULD EFFECT THE GRADE SCHOOL, SEVERAL CHURCHES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS THE JAIL AND RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, AND THE GENERAL HAZARDS AND SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. ARMED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE, WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT NO ACCIDENTS OR PROPERTY DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRE AT THIS SITE WITHIN T HE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN APPRISED OF OUR EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS MEADE COUNTY LEPC. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVITED ANNUALLY, TO COME AND TOUR OUR FACILITY, AND HAVE AGREED TO BE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. SINCE THIS IS AN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE WELL AQUAINTED WITH THE DANGERS OF NH3. |