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December
Issue
CHEMICAL FACILITY
ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS: REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
Source: Roberts Law Group
PLLC
In early
2007, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published
regulations known as the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
(CFATS), under Congressional authority given by the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 passed the previous
year...Read
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CFATS & CHEMICAL
PLANT SECURITY
Source: Chemical
Engineering
Security at
many U.S.
chemical facilities is regulated by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS; Washington, D.C.; www.dhs.gov) under the
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS). Proposed
modifications to the standard are being debated in the U.S.
Congress. In November, the House of Representatives approved new,
stringent standards for chemical site security with the passage of
the "Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009" (H.R. 2868)...Read
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EPA PULLS THE
TRIGGER
Source:
portfolio.com
The
Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled the trigger on the
gun it has been holding to Congress' head on climate-change
legislation. By finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public's
health and welfare, the EPA has the authority to issue regulations
that would cap carbon emissions, regardless of ...Read
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