By Michele Smith
The Times
Practice Makes Perfect
County and city employees reenact hazardous waste leak
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Anhydrous ammonia is an important fertilizer used by farmers throughout the Touchet Valley. It is also an extremely hazardous material if leaked into the air from its storage container.
DAYTON-Here's the scenario: At 8:00 a.m. a pickup truck pulling a 1,000-pound tank of anhydrous ammonia down South Cottonwood Street in front of Kyle's Towing is backed into by another vehicle, causing the fertilizer tank to overturn. A small leak occurs from a valve at the back of the tank, coming out of the pump.
What happens next?
It is likely that most of us don't know; but it is a sure bet that there are people who do.
On Dec. 9, Columbia County Emergency Management Planner Mike Spring led representatives from Dayton General Hospital, the Columbia County Public Health Department, the...
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