THE OPTIMAL NUMBER AND SIZE OF FERTILIZER PLANTS UNDER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS
Public concern about hazardous materials, such as agricultural fertilizers, has steadily increased. Thus, North Dakota created Recommended Management Practices for The Primary and Secondary Containment of Fertilizers (RMP). This study attempted to determine how compliance with RMP guidelines affects logistic, operating, and investment costs of fertilizer plants and evaluate the effect on plant size and industry market structure. A cost-minimizing, mixed-integer linear programming model was employed in four different scenarios to analyze the effects of possible fertilizer legislation. Results show forced compliance with the RMP guidelines will (1) start a shake-out of excess capacity, (2) generate cost savings of 8% for the industry, and (3) discourage storage capacity expansion.
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Corporate Authors:
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University
1320 Albrecht Boulevard
Fargo, ND United States 581052 -
Authors:
- Lahlum, S M
- Dooley, F J
- Publication Date: 1996-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 154 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cost control; Facilities; Fertilizers; Hazardous materials; Linear programming; Mathematical models; Numbers; Regulations; Size; Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Cost minimization; Cost savings; Models
- Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation; Regulations (Hazardous materials)
- Subject Areas: Law; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00728812
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 19 1996 12:00AM