Design and Construction of Ammonium Nitrate Solution (ANSOL) Tank Farm Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, Tennessee   3

Background
HSAAP is a Government-owned, Contractor-operated (GOCO) explosives manufacturing facility located in Kingsport, Tennessee. HSAAP is a member of the U.S. Army Materiel Command’s (AMC) Organic Industrial Base and a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC). The plant is a major supplier of research development explosive- (RDX-), high-melting explosive- (HMX-), and insensitive munitions explosive- (IMX-) based products for the United States.

Work Details
The construction of the new ANSol Tank Farm at Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee will provide HSAAP with a reliable means of storing increased amounts of ANSol that will be generated as a byproduct of the explosives production process which will be expanded over the next 3 years. The Tank Farm will replace the plant’s existing storage tanks for ANSol that are not large enough to accommodate increased ANSol volume that will result from the expanded explosives manufacturing. The ANSol Tank Farm will be capable of storing the maximum production rates of ANSol anticipated to be generated at HSAAP in a safe and efficient manner.

The project includes an associated operations building for central controls and maintenance of the tank farm. In addition, storage tanks with a total capacity of approximately 425,000 gallons are included for up to 90-days of ANSol storage in accordance with permit allowances as well as a filtration facility for filtering ANSol that must be shipped off-site.

Place of Performance
The construction projects will be performed at Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee.