On July 23, 2009, the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment will hold a hearing on the proposed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 (HR 2868). The proposed legislation would make permanent the prior temporary grant of authority to the Department of Homeland Security to regulate security practices at chemical facilities. Included in the proposed legislation are provisions that would require certain covered chemical facilities to implement inherently safer technology to reduce the consequences of a terrorist attack.
A copy of the legislation can be viewed HERE.