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Aug 5, 2024

Bay History. Northern Chemical site at Kidder Point examined by consultants re a Superfund court case in Massachusetts

 Chemical company  Grace Brothers was part owner of Northern Chemical site at Kidder Point. The report below describes in detail the industrial processes  active there in the late 1960s  that a Superfund case in Massachusetts that was documented in the feature movie "A Civil Action".

 Information Request Response by W.R. Grace & Co,

Appendix 3.   Plant Description for Northern Chemical, Searsport 

Complete document  75 pages (pdf)    (Pages 58 to 75: Maps & Diagrams)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page# and Title

1. Location              

1. Place                

2. Community    

3. Communications: land, water, telephone, telegraph 

4. Climate

4. Topography

4. PLANT SITE

4. Boundaries

4. Map

5. Plot  Plan

5. PRODUCTS & RAW MATERIALS

5. History

5. Products

6. Raw Materials

6. Block Flow Diagram

6. Performance

8. Table 1  NCI Annual Production 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965

9. Manufacturing  Facilities

9. Normal Superphosphate Plant

9. Sulfuric Acid Plant

10. Ammonium Sulfate Plant

11.  Alum Plant

11. Ammonia Plant

12. Nitric Acid Plant

13. Ammonium Nitrate and Solutions Plant

13. UTILITY FACILITIES

13 Power Generation

13 City Water

13. Salt Water

14. Purchased Power

14. Natural Gas

14. Fuel Oil

14 OFFSITE FACILITIES

14. Offices

15. Fences

15. Roads

16. Dock

16. Laboratories

16. Railroad Spurs & Rolling Stock

17. Employee Change House

17. Parking Area

17.Yard Lighting

17. Safety and Fire Equipment

18 .Stores

18. Maintenances Shops

19. Warehouse

19. Portable Tools and Vehicles

21. PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS

21. Sulfuric Acid 

24. Normal Superphosphate

29. Ammonium Sulfate

32. Alum 

36. Ammonia

42. Nitric Acid 

46. Ammonium Nitrate

51 Utilities (bottom of page)

55. AMMONIA STORAGE 

58 DIAGRAMS

58 FIG 1  Location Map NCI Plant

59 FIG 2 Property Plan  NCI Plant

60 FIG 3 Plot Plan NCI Plant

61 FIG 4 Block Flow Diagram 

62  FIG 5 Simple Flow diagram. NCI sulfuric acid plants

63  FIG 6 Simple Flow Diagram NCI Superphosphate Plant

64  FIG 7 Simple Flow Diagram  Ammonium Sulfate Plant

65 FIG 8 Simple Flow Diagram  NCI  Alum Plant

66 FIG 9 Simple Flow Diagram Syn Gas Prep, Ammonia plant

67  FIG 10 Simple flow Diagram Syn gas puriufication

68  FIG 11 Simple Flow Diagram, compression, synthesis & storage

69  FIG 12  Simple Flow Diagram NCI Nitric Acid Plant

70  FIGURE 13 Simple Flow Diagram Ammonium Nitrate Plant

71  FIG 14 Simple Flow Diagram NCI Solutions Plant

72   FIG 15 Simple Flow Diagram Power Distribution 

73   FIG 16 Steam Distribution NCI Plant

74  FIG 17 Water Distribution NCI Plant

75  FIG 18 10,000 ton Ammonia Terminal


END OF DOCUMENT


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