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HOMELAND SECURITY
The Bush Administration is preparing legislation to protect the public from potential terrorist attacks at chemical plants, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said last week.
She suggested that EPA, and not DHS, would enforce the planned law on chemical plant security. "Under the President's homeland security strategy, EPA is designated as the lead agency with responsibility for chemical site security," she told the conference, which was organized by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association and the American Chemistry Council. The two industry groups have said they oppose the idea of EPA administering such a law because the environmental agency does not specialize in security (C&EN, Oct. 7, 2002, page 6). Whitman asked the chemical industry to work with EPA in the drafting of the site security legislation. She said the issue was one "we need to address together if we are going to be successful and complete in our efforts." |
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