Sunday House Foods - Executive Summary |
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Executive Summary Sunday House Foods, Inc. Sunco Avenue Fredricksburg, Tx. 78624 Sunday House Foods Incoprorated, a division of Promised Land Foods, with one local location at Sunco Avenue, Fredericksburg, Kendall County, Texas, has been in operation since 1958. We are a grower and processor of poultry and poultry products. When fully staffed, we employ 325 people at the Fredericksburg operation. Our product line consists of smoked and fully cooked turkey and chicken products which are shipped thoughout the continental United States as well as exported to many countries overseas. Sunday House was purchased by Mission City Management, Inc. in 1992 and has remained in operation since that date. The company continues to do business as Sunday House Foods Inc. with joint ownership in both the San Antonio and Springfield, Missouri areas. We provide the required "worse case release" and " alternative release" scenarios for our operation as follows: (These scenarios were created using RMP C OMP (tm) provided by the EPA) WORST CASE SCENARIO: A.) Accidental release of ammonia (NH3) B.) The physical state of this release was gas liquefied by refrigeration. C.) The quanity released was 12.000 pounds. D.) The rate of release was 1,2000.0 per minute. E.) The release duration was 10.0 minutes. F.) The wind speed was 1.5 miles per hour. G.) Our atmospheric stability class is F. H.) Our topography surroundings are urban. I.) The distance to the endpoint is 0.60 miles J.) The estimated residential population within distance to the endpoint is 64 residents. K.) We have public receptors within distance to the endpoint. L.) We have no environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoint. ALTERNATIVE RELEASE SCENARIO: A.) Accidental release of ammonia (NH3). B.) The physical state of this release was gas liquefied by refrigeration. C.) The quanity released was 1,000 pounds. D.) The reate of release was 100.0 pounds per minute. E.) The release duration was 10. 0 minutes. F.) The wind speed was 3.0 miles per hour. G.) Our atmospheric stability class is D. H.) Our topography surroundings are urban. I.) The distance to the endpoint is 0.10 miles. J.) The estimated resdential population within distance to the endpoint is 1 resident. K.) We have public receptors within distance to the endpoint. L.) We have no environmental receptors within the distance to the endpoint. We fall under the federal mandated Process Safety Management Program (P.S.M.) We also follow O.S.H.A. as well as the IIAR guidelines closely. We have several safe guards in place to monitor the pressure in our ammonia system and automatically react in the case of a problem. We have maintenance employees on duty (on site) or on call 24 hours per day and seven days per week. We also have a 5 person Haz-Mat Team (Hazardous Material Handling Team), with full Haz-Mat equipment at our Fredericksburg plant. They receive training on an annual basis from the Fredericksburg Fire Dep artment. Within the last 5 years, we have had two accidental releases of ammonia with the first occurring December 15,1997 in which approximately 400 pounds of ammonia was released. This was due to a stuck valve which allowed ammonia to enter the compressor heads causing the compressor to blow. The plant was evacuated. The second incident happened August 18,1998 in which approximately 500 pounds of ammonia was lost due to a faulty valve. The plant was evacuated for three hours. We welcome the opportunity to participate in the Risk Management Program. Richard Dillow President Sunday House Foods |