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Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure Protecting People and Reducing Vulnerabilities (2006) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
Pages 12-17

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... has divided the nation into 17 categories of critical infrastructures and key assets, one of which is the chemical industry and hazardous materials sector.1 This study is intended to assist DHS in mitigating the vulnerabilities faced by the nation from this sector of the critical infrastructure. Numerous studies have been and are being completed to understand the vulnerabilities posed by the sites, processes, and transportation meth 1The other infrastructure categories are agriculture and food, water, public health and healthcare, emergency services, defense industrial base, telecommunication, energy, transportation, banking and finance, postal and shipping, national monuments and icons, dams, government facilities, commercial facilities, and nuclear reactors, materials, and waste.
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... Risk Management Plan (RMP) data represent a compilation of site-specific data submitted by the chemical industry in compliance with the Clean Air Act.3 2Of the many efforts under way or recently completed on chemical infrastructure protection, some most relevant to the present study include the following: (a)
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... Where RAMCAP is heavily focused on analyzing security measures within the chemical industry, this study is meant primarily to guide science and technology (S&T) investments by DHS that would reduce vulnerabilities associated with the chemical infrastructure.
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... 5 This report considers questions 1 and 3, which can be discussed at least qualitatively and sometimes quantitatively based on a wide range of opensource information. Consistent with the statement of task, which refers to "terrorist attack and other catastrophic loss," this report concerns itself with consequences that reach catastrophic levels of casualties or catastrophic damage to the national economy.6 The report does not consider question 5(a)
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... COMMITTEE APPROACH To address the statement of task as discussed above, an analysis of the chemical infrastructure was used to identify its potential vulnerabilities. First, categorization of all the chemicals encompassed by the chemical infrastructure and a description of the chemical supply chain were devel 7Kaplan, S., and J.B.
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... Consideration of the scenarios and their consequences, and a detailed discussion of emergency management and risk mitigation (Chapter 5) , led to the development of both general and specific science and technology recommendations created to guide DHS S&T initiatives (Chapter 6)
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