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THIS PLANT OF THE DODGE CITY COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE STORES AND SELLS ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FOR CROP PRODUCTION. STORAGE IS ONE 30,000 GALLON TANK. EMPLOYEES GET TRAINING ABOUT HAZ MATERIAL, HANDLING NH3, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. A WORST CASE INCIDENT COULD RELEASE 140,000 LBS OF NH3 GAS TO AN END POINT OF 2.6 MILES POSSIBLY AFFECTING AS MANY AS 21 PEOPLE. AN ALTERNATIVE MIGHT RELEASE 12,000 POUNDS OF GAS OUT .83 MILES AND THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE AFFECTED. EMERGENCY RESPONSE HELP COMES FROM ENSIGN OR MONTEZUMA AND GRAY COUNTY LEPC WHERE PLANS ARE COORINATED WITH.
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