CAIRO COOPERATIVE EQUITY EXCHANGE -CUNNINGHAM - Executive Summary |
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The owners, management and employees of The Cairo Co-operative Equity Exchange are dedicated to the prevention of an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release shold occur, the facility is prepared to work with the local fire company, or other authorities, to mitigate any releases and minimize the impact of the release to the people and the environment. Th primary activity at the facility is the storage and blending of fertilizers for sale to farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is recieved, stored and transfered for use as a crop production nutrient. The maximum quanity handled would be the 263,000 stored in our storage tanks. The worst-case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quanity released would be 131,000 pounds, which 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 2.50 miles. The alternative release scenario based on th five-year accident history is a release from an open valve in a transfer hose. The distance to the endpoint is (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is .47 miles. The facility has implemented the provisions of " Safety Requiments for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia, K-61.1" and the standards of OSHA , 29CFR 1910.111. In addition, the Department of Agriculture inspect our plants on an annual basis. Our firm has an outstanding safety record at this location. In the past five years we have had no reportable accidents nor to our knowledge have we had any off-sight deaths, injuries, sheltering in place, evacuations or environmental damage. Our firm has a detailed emergency action plan and emergency response plan which are required by OSHA. We also report to the county, state and local fire department chemical inventories and locations has required by The Community-Right-To-Know rules and regulations. Safety improvemen ts are an ongoing process at our firm. We are dedicated to safely serving our customers and protecting the employees that work for us. Training, equipment and maintenance are of the highest quality and design. We are proud of our efforts and proud to serve the communities in which we operate. |