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Fertilizer Plants101
So What Does a Fertilizer
Plant Look Like?
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ExamplesFertilizer Plants
• NAICS 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizer Mfg.• NAICS 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizer Mfg.• NAICS 325314 Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Mfg.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
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Fertilizer Plant
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Fertilizer Plant
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Fertilizer Plant
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OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM)
Violations-07/28/2011 (Fertilizer Plant)
• 1910.119(d) Process safety information. • 1910.119(e) Process hazard analysis.• 1910.119(f) Operating procedures• 1910.119(j) Mechanical integrity• 1910.119(k) Hot work permit.• 1910.119(l) Management of change.• 1910.119(o) Compliance Audits
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Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
Adair Grain Inc.AKA, West Fertilizer
West, Texas
EPARisk Management Plan (RMP)
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Anhydrous Ammonia
DOT-Nonflammable EPA Toxic Inhalation Hazard
Anhydrous Ammonia On-Site Process Safety Controls:
•Pressure Relief Valves•Excess Flow Valves•Check Valves•Manual Shutoff Source:
West Fertilizer EPA Risk Management Plan
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DOT NonflammableAnhydrous Ammonia
• Sprinklers -No
• Water Deluge Systems-No
• Blast Walls-No
• Fire Walls-No
These engineering control measures not required for nonflammables
Source:West Fertilizer EPA Risk Management Plan
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Ammonium Nitrate
• Hazard Class Division 5.1: Oxidizers• Not an EPA-RMP Highly Hazardous Chemical • Not an OSHA-PSM Highly Hazardous Chemical• As a result not listed in EPA Risk Management Plan
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Merchant Wholesalers Process Safety Management (PSM)
Exempt
PSM does not apply to a retail facility when more than half (>50%) of the income is from sales of a PSM-covered chemical to end users (farmers) such as anhydrous ammonia.
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PSM Exemption Example
Businesses primarily engaged in the merchant distribution of farm supplies, such as:
• Animal feeds, • Fertilizers • Agricultural chemicals • Pesticides
• Plant seeds and plant bulbs
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Establishments
Fertilizer Plants Agriculture SuppliersHealth Care Products
Mining Suppliers Concrete & AggregatesChemical Wholesalers
44 facilities in Texas reported having at least 10,000 pounds ammonium nitrate.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130503-find-ammonium-nitrate-sites-near-you.ece
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Texas Agriculture & Farm SuppliersGoogle Map Examples
• Adair Grain, Inc. Dba West Fertilizer Co• Helena Chemical Company• Lawrence Farm And Ranch Supply
• Riggs' Feed & Fertilizer, Inc.
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• Buddy‘s Plant Plus• Gavilon Fertilizer, Llc
Texas Fertilizer PlantsGoogle Map Examples
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The Problem
Referring to agricultural wholesale/retail establishments as fertilizer plants
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Result
Stakeholders not believing they have anything in the magnitude of the West, Texas facility, since they’re not a fertilizer manufacturer, yet have businesses supplying fertilizer in bulk for agricultural entities.
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Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
EPA Risk Management Plan
• 3,645 facilities • 138 five-year accidents
• 3 deaths from 5-year accidents • 191 injuries from 5-year accidents
• $209, 774 property damage from 5-year accidents
Source: EPA Risk Management Plans
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Alternative Solution
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Offsite Consequence Analysis&
Worst-Case Release Scenario Analysis
Flammables. Endpoints for flammables (Scenarios)
(i) Explosion. Overpressure of 1 psi.(ii) Radiant heat/exposure time.
(iii) Lower flammability limit.
Source:CFR Title 40: Protection of Environment PART 68—CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS Subpart B—Hazard Assessment
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So What Do You Think?
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