Simplot Don Plant

Unknown in Power county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10290397
MAS/MILS ID	0160779001
Record type	Site
Current site name	Simplot Don Plant
Alternate or previous names	Pocatello Phosphoric Acid Plant, J.R. Simplot Fertilizer Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Plant
Geographic coordinates:	-112.52584, 42.90821 (WGS84)
Elevation	1355
Location accuracy	10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Power(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michaud(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Power

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	006 S	034 E	07	C N2S2	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1)	-112.52584, 42.90821	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Processing Plant
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner J. R. Simplot Co.

Interest 100

Home office Idaho

Year 1987

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	J. R. Simplot Co.
Interest	100
Home office	Idaho
Year	1987

Comments on other economic factors

Operating Costs Are Updated From Two Non-Public Reports Titled "World Phosphates; By Zwi/Sri/Fertecon, 1984 And 1985/86.
Design Capacity Represents Mt Of P205 Output Per Day. Operating Cost Represents $/Mt Of Contained P205, And Is The Cost To Acidulate Phosphate Rock To A Merchant Grade Phosphoric Acid Product (54% P205).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160779001

Bibliographic references

General

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/emichaud/eas_p1.html - retreived 24 Dec 2008
Deposit

International Fertilizer Industry Association. Phosphoric Acid, Triple Superphosphate And Ammonium Posphate Plants 1988 Survey. August, 1988, 39 Pp.
Deposit

British Sulphur Corporation. World Fertilizer Atlas, Eighth Ed., April, 1987, 121 Pp.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
General	The Simplot Don Plant covers approximately 745 acres and adjoins the eastern property boundary of the FMC facility. Around 460 people work at the Simplot Don Plant. The plant began production of single superphosphate fertilizer in 1944. In 1954, the facility began producing phosphoric acid. The phosphoric acid is presently produced by using a wet (aqueous) process. Formerly phosphate ore was transported from the mines to the facility via rail. As of September 1991, the Simplot plant receives phosphate ore through a slurry pipeline. The phosphate ore slurry is processed at the Simplot Don Plant in phosphoric acid reactors and then further processed into a variety of solid and liquid fertilizers. The plant produces 12 principal products, including five grades of solid fertilizers and four grades of liquid fertilizers. The disposal of by-product waste material (e.g., gypsum) at and around the facility and air emissions (fugitive and direct discharges) from the facility have contributed to the environmental contamination associated with the Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination NPL site.
Environmental Factors	The Simplot Don Plant recycles industrial wastewater back into the manufacturing processes. Noncontact wastewater (e.g., cooling tower blow down) from the J.R. Simplot facility is spray irrigated along with the City of Pocatello wastewater. Prior to July 1980, the J.R. Simplot facility discharged the noncontact wastewater into the Portneuf River. Neither facility is not located near any large population centers. The nearest residence is approximately one mile north of the facilities. The plant boundaries are fenced. Representatives of FMC and Simplot have told ATSDR that trespassers are rarely found on their facilities. In addition, the land directly across US 30 from the plants is predominantly owned by either FMC or Simplot. Deed restrictions to prevent future residential development have or will be placed on the properties across from the plants. Currently some of the land across US 30 is used for a drag racing strip (the old airport runaway) and for a softball/baseball field (on Simplot property).

Subject category

Comment text

General

The Simplot Don Plant covers approximately 745 acres and adjoins the eastern property boundary of the FMC facility. Around 460 people work at the Simplot Don Plant. The plant began production of single superphosphate fertilizer in 1944. In 1954, the facility began producing phosphoric acid. The phosphoric acid is presently produced by using a wet (aqueous) process. Formerly phosphate ore was transported from the mines to the facility via rail. As of September 1991, the Simplot plant receives phosphate ore through a slurry pipeline. The phosphate ore slurry is processed at the Simplot Don Plant in phosphoric acid reactors and then further processed into a variety of solid and liquid fertilizers. The plant produces 12 principal products, including five grades of solid fertilizers and four grades of liquid fertilizers. The disposal of by-product waste material (e.g., gypsum) at and around the facility and air emissions (fugitive and direct discharges) from the facility have contributed to the environmental contamination associated with the Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination NPL site.

Environmental Factors

The Simplot Don Plant recycles industrial wastewater back into the manufacturing processes. Noncontact wastewater (e.g., cooling tower blow down) from the J.R. Simplot facility is spray irrigated along with the City of Pocatello wastewater. Prior to July 1980, the J.R. Simplot facility discharged the noncontact wastewater into the Portneuf River.

Neither facility is not located near any large population centers. The nearest residence is approximately one mile north of the facilities. The plant boundaries are fenced. Representatives of FMC and Simplot have told ATSDR that trespassers are rarely found on their facilities. In addition, the land directly across US 30 from the plants is predominantly owned by either FMC or Simplot. Deed restrictions to prevent future residential development have or will be placed on the properties across from the plants. Currently some of the land across US 30 is used for a drag racing strip (the old airport runaway) and for a softball/baseball field (on Simplot property).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	22-OCT-97	Buckingham, David A.	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.