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Article: Chemical plant protection legislation on the way.(SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs)
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- October 1, 2005
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Key Senate players plan to bring comprehensive government oversight to chemical plants, a move that would regulate security at the sites at the federal level.
The chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), said she would introduce legislation this fall to increase protection at domestic chemical facilities. Currently, she said, only the federal government regulates a fraction of these sites' security measures.
"We have learned that the United States is home to thousands of facilities that manufacture, use, or store chemicals for legitimate purposes that could cause devastation if turned against us as weapons," Collins ...