United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-10-10 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-24R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R P0b002ee18037ee6d f:d0324r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R GAO-03-24R Counterterrorism Facility security Industrial facilities National preparedness Reporting requirements Terrorism Correspondence A05276

Congress passed the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act after a number of testimonies expressing concerns about the vulnerability of chemical facilities to criminal and terrorist attacks. According to the Attorney General's interim report, chemical facilities visited generally had safety and emergency response measures that could mitigate the consequences of a terrorist attack. The report further stated that the level of security at chemical facilities is roughly equivalent to standard security practices found in most industries. The interim report also contains nine preliminary findings that cumulatively address the other required reporting elements--the vulnerability of facilities to criminal and terrorist activity, current industry site security practices, and the security of chemicals being transported. These findings address the extent to which 11 facilities conducted facility security assessments, had the capability to respond to armed attacks, conducted emergency response exercises, conducted routine pre-employment background investigations, had secure process control systems, had secure chemical transportation containers, had adequate security measures over transportation of hazardous chemicals, received meaningful threat information, and had effective facility security systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R.pdf GAO-03-24R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-24R Correspondence GAO-03-24R; Homeland Security: Department of Justice's Response to Its Congressional Mandate to Assess and Report on Chemical Industry Vulnerabilities; Counterterrorism Facility security Industrial facilities National preparedness Reporting requirements Terrorism Title 42 Section 7412 42 U.S.C. 7412 Volume 113 Page 207 113 Stat. 207 Volume 114 Page 2762 114 Stat. 2762 Public Law 106-40 Public Law 106-553 Conf. Rept. 106-1005