MFA Agri Service - Fairfax - Executive Summary |
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Risk Management Plan - Executive Summary Facility: MFA Agri Service - Fairfax Location: Hwy 59N, Fairfax, MO 64446. Contact: Gerald Wheeler Phone: 660-686-2231 1. The Facility Policy MFA Incorporated, and the employees of the MFA Agri Service in Fairfax are committed to the prevention of any accidental release of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release should occur, the facility is prepared to work with the Fairfax Fire Department, and 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 receiving, storage and sale of pesticides, feed, seed, and farm supplies. Anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks are filled at the MFA Bulk Plant and stored at this facility until used by farmers. The maximum quantity stored would be 4,400 pounds in each 1000 gallon nurse tank. There could be as many as 26 filled nurse tanks at one time. This facility does not transfer anhydrous ammonia. Nurse tanks are filled at the bulk anhydrous plant at Hwy 59N and Hwy J, then parked at this facility until the farmer picks them up. 3. The worst-case and alternative release scenario. a. The worst-case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of three nurse tanks released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 13,500 pounds, which represents the volume of the three nurse tanks at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 0.82 miles. b. The alternative release scenario based on the most likely potential incident is a release from a break or leak in a 1 valve. This release is assumed to last approximately 2 minutes before automatic or manual shut-off stops the flow. The maximum quantity release would be 2,901 pounds. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 0.47 miles. 4. The Accidental Release Prevention Program. The facility has implemented the provisions of "Safety Requirements for the Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia, K-61.1, 1989", 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 with the emergency planning and community right-to-know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA); c. a written emergency response program, in accordance with OSHA Standard, 29 CFR 1910.120, including pre-emergency planning and employee training. 7. Planned changes to improve safety. Safety improvement is an on-going 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. |