Rexford Grain Company - Executive Summary |
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REXFORD GRAIN COMPANY Risk Management Plan - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (For further information contact: Dan Juenemann Plant Manager) 1. The Facility Policy The owners, management, and employees of Rexford Grain Company 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. 2. Facility Information - The primary activity at the facility is the storage and blending of fertilizers and chemicals for sale to farmers. - Anhydrous ammonia is received, stored, and distributed for direct application by our farmer customers for their crop production nutrients. - The maximum quantity stored would be 400,00 pounds in our two 12,000 gallon storage tanks. 36 nurse tanks, and 1 tank car. The maximum quantity handled would be the unloading of a tank car holding 150,000 pounds. 3. The worst-case release scenario and the alternative release scenario. a. The worst-case release scenario would be the release of the total contents of a storage tank (or tank car) released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 150,000 pounds, which represents the volume of a railcar storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm ) is 1.13 miles. b. 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 .22 miles. 4. The accidental release prevention program. This facility has implemented the provisions 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 Ther e 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. - This facility has: A. A written emergency action plan, in accordance with OSHA standard, 29 CFR 1910.38. B. Provided state and local authorities the emergency community right-to-know information as required under planning aid SARA Title Ill (EPCRA). C. A written emergency response program, in accordance with OSHA 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. |