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Approximately two teaspoons of liquid mustard agent
leaking from a
bulk-storage container valve, were discovered last month following
routine monitoring operations in a storage igloo at Deseret Chemical
Depot.
Workers in protective clothing moved the leaking
container under
engineering controls to a different structure where they will replace
the container's plugs and valves.
In a separate toxic materials operation toxic materials
handlers
replaced a valve suspected of leaking mustard agent vapor from another
bulk container.
The earth covered storage structures are filtered and no
vapor
escaped to the environment. Tooele county officials were immediately
notified and there was no danger to surrounding communities.
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