Terrorism And the Chemical Infrastructure: Protecting People And Reducing Vulnerabilities
Publisher: National Academies Press | June 21, 2006 | ISBN: 0309097215 | Pages: 152 | PDF | 1.36 MB
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, federal, state, local, and tribal governments, aided by the private sector, have undertaken an unprecedented review of the nation’s infrastructure to determine potential targets for future terrorist attacks. At the national level, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has divided the nation’s infrastructure into 17 categories of critical infrastructures and key resources, one of which is the chemical industry and hazardous materials sector.