Ouachita Fertilizer Company - Executive Summary |
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1. The Facility Policy The owners, management, and employees of Ouachita Fertilizer are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release would occur, the facility is prepared to work with the local fire company, 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 for sale to farmers. - Anhydrous ammonia is stored for blending into mixed-grade fertilizers for crop production nutrients. - The maximum quantity at the facility would be 400,000 pounds between the 18,000 gallon storage tanks and up to two loaded rail tank cars. The maximum quantity handled would be the unloading of a rail tank car holding 160,000 pounds. 3. The worst-case release scenario and the alternative release scenario. a. The worst-case release scenario w ould be the release of the total contents of the rail tank car released as a gas over 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 160,000 pounds, which represents the volume of the rail tank car. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 1.22 miles. b. The alternative release scenario based on 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 0.56 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", 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 provided state and local authorities the emergency planning and community right-to-know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). 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. |