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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 10 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155 Seattle, WA 98101 ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE DIVISION Clean Air Act - Section 112(r) Risk Management Program and EPCRA 312 - Tier II Facility Inspection Report FACILITY INFORMATION: Name: Evans Fruit Company, Inc. Physical Address: 5002 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA 98908 Phone Number: 509-830-7367 Latitude/Longitude: 46.591722 / -120.576167 RMP Facility ID# 100000211031 FRS ID#: 110005390601 EJ Concerns: No (Below 80%) CONTACT INFORMATION (RMP Implementation): Name: Barb Evans Phone Number: 509-830-7367 E-mail: barbie1evans@gmail.com EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: Name: Joseph Evans Phone (24-hr): 509-830-1225 E-mail: joee@evansfruitco.com TRIP DETAILS: Inspection Date: Inspection Time: Inspectors: 4/27/2022 0900 hours through 1345 hours Edward Johannes, US EPA Region 10 SEE Grantee, Lead RMP Inspector and EPCRA Inspector Bob Hales, US EPA Region 10 SEE Grantee, RMP Inspector Peter Phillips, US EPA Region 10 SEE Grantee, RMP Inspector Lisa Graves, Weston Solutions, Inc., EPA START Contractor 5/26/2022 Page 1 of 5 DATE AND PROGRAM LEVELS OF SUBMITTED RMP: Initial Submission Date: April 1, 2010 Date of Latest Update: July 13, 2020 Process (Program 1, 2, 3) as reported in RMP: Process ID Description Process Chemical ID NAICS Code Program Level Chemical Name CAS Number 1000110369 Machine Room 2 1000110369 49312 3 Ammonia, Anhydrous (7664-41-7) 1000110370 Machine Room 1 1000110370 49312 3 Ammonia, Anhydrous (7664-41-7) (none) *Machine Room 3 (none) 49312 - Ammonia, Anhydrous (7664-41-7) *Not reported in the RMP because ammonia inventory is below threshold reporting quantity of 10,000 lbs. Quantity (lbs) 13,690 11,925 1,795 PURPOSE: The purpose of this inspection was to determine whether this facility is in compliance with Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 68, Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions. The facility has been previously inspected in the past 5 years: No Yes If Yes, Date of Last Inspection: 7/17/2013 The facility is High Risk: Joint EPCRA inspection: No Yes No Yes CAA Title V Air Permit: Does the facility have a CAA Title V Permit? If Yes, Permit Number: No Yes RELEASE/ACCIDENT HISTORY: Did the facility have a reportable release in the past 5 years? If Yes, Date and Description of the Release: No Yes EPCRA TIER II REPORTING: Did the facility submit the 2022 Tier II report to the SERC? If Yes, Date the Tier II was submitted: 2/8/2022 If No, calendar year of the most recent Tier II: No Yes Did the facility submit a Tier II to the LEPC and local fire department? No Yes If Yes, Date the Tier II was submitted: 2/8/2022 to LEPC and 2/22/2022 to Yakima Fire Department. Page 2 of 5 INSPECTION ENTRY: Edward Johannes led the inspection entry. The inspection team met with Barb Evans at the Evans Fruit Company facility in Yakima, Washington. The team arrived at the facility at 0900 hours and was joined by the following facility personnel: Barb Evans Jon Hammermeister Joseph Evans Edgar Gurman Name Title Reg Manager Plant Manager Manager Refrigeration Operator Was a state/county/or local emergency representative present? If Yes, Name and Title of Representative: No Yes The facility is a first responder: If No, Responding Agency: Yakima Fire Department No Yes The inspection team was escorted to an office located in the facility's office building. Introductions were made by Edward Johannes, who provided a summary of the risk management program (RMP) and explained the purpose of the visit. Each team member presented his/her credentials. EPA then requested an explanation of the facility's operations and any additional safety measures that should be taken during the site tour. Barb Evans and Jon Hammermeister gave a brief description of the facility, operations, and personal protective equipment required for the tour. Prior to the inspection, EPA sent a certified notice of inspection letter to the facility informing them of the CAA Section 112(r)(6)(L) requirement that facility employees and employee representatives (such as a union representative) have the right to participate in the RMP inspection, and that a copy of the letter must be provided to the employee representative(s) and the letter posted in a manner accessible to employees in the facility. The facility is unionized: If Yes, Name of Union: No Yes An employee representative present during the facility visit: If Yes, Name/Title: No Yes GENERAL INFORMATION: The facility is regulated under the Risk Management Program as a Program Level 3 facility and is owned and operated by Evans Fruit Company, Inc. The facility operates an apple packing and refrigeration warehouse throughout the year. Ammonia is used as the refrigerant in the system, and three refrigeration systems are located on site. There are 120 full-time employees on site including one operator who is responsible for refrigeration operations. The facility also has an on-call refrigeration technician available to cover the operator role, as needed. Evans Fruit packages and stores primarily apples in refrigerated rooms until shipment. The refrigeration operator checks the ammonia system every workday and all refrigerated areas are continuously monitored by an ammonia detection system. In addition, the computer system will remotely notify a refrigeration technician when an alarm is triggered, or refrigeration parameters are out-of-range. There Page 3 of 5 are no process modifications that impact the facility's ammonia refrigeration system. The facility has an emergency action plan in the event of an ammonia release and all employees participate in an annual evacuation drill for the emergency action plan. ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS: The facility tour was conducted from approximately 0915 hours to 1015 hours. The inspection team was escorted by Barb Evans, Joe Evans, Jon Hammermeister, and Edgar Gurman. The inspection team observed the ammonia engine rooms, and controlled atmosphere rooms. The ammonia refrigeration system has three engine rooms, Machine Room 1, Machine Room 2, and Machine Room 3. Each machine room contains the main equipment for the ammonia refrigeration system. The primary equipment observed in the machine rooms were the compressors, valves, high pressure receiver (HPR) tanks and associated king valve, exhausts fans, intakes vents, and the ammonia leak detection device. The condensers were located on the building rooftop for each machine room. Adjacent to Machine Room 1 was an office used to monitor all facility refrigeration equipment parameters through the computer terminal and ammonia sensor network panel. Three controlled atmosphere rooms (CA 7, CA 18, and CA 28) were inspected. The primary equipment observed were the evaporator, ammonia sensor intake, and the ammonia leak detection device. The facility ammonia refrigeration equipment was clearly labeled and tagged. In addition, safety features were observed. Photographs were taken of the ammonia system process. The photographs that were taken at the facility are included in Attachment A to this report. After touring the RMP-covered process areas at the Evans Fruit Company, Inc., the inspection team returned to the conference room to review the RMP documentation. Upon completion of the document review, EPA provided a debriefing to Barb Evans, Joe Evans, and Jon Hammermeister. INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM FACILITY: No documents were collected from the inspection. AREAS OF CONCERNS ADDRESSED IN CLOSING CONFERENCE: 1. The most recent Hazard Assessment review and update completed on April 15, 2022, exceeded the 5-year review cycle since the previous Hazard Assessment review and update from May 11, 2016. [68.36(a)]. 2. Four pressure relief valves were identified as past due for replacement. [68.73(d)(3)]. Two pressure relief valves in Machine Room 3 had a replacement date of September, 2020, and two others in Machine Room 2 had replacement dates of November, 2020, and April, 2021. DOCUMENTS REQUESTED NOT INCLUDED IN REPORT: The following documents were requested during the inspection but are not included in this report. These documents will still be reviewed to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. No follow-up documents were requested from the inspection for review. Page 4 of 5 INSPECTION REPORT CERTIFICATION: This is to certify that I, Edward Johannes was the lead inspector at this facility and that I have verified the accuracy of the observations in this inspection report: __________________________________________________________ Inspector Signature __________________________________________________________ RMP Coordinator/Approval __________________________________________________________ EPCRA Coordinator/Approval __________________________________________________________ Land Enforcement Section Chief/Approval Page 5 of 5