Background Information:

» (10/27/04) "Chemical Site Security: Protection of Critical Infrastructure; Update 12/12/02," a slideshow by Craig Matthiessen, EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, on EPA's activity related to chemical plant security. [115 KB] » (10/27/04) "Fast and Accurate Chemical, Biological & Radiological (CBR) Emergency Assessment," a presentation by Dr. Jay Boris, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, to the D.C. Council on October 6, 2003. [450 KB] » (10/27/04) "Fearing Attack, Blue Plains Ceases Toxic Chemical Use," Washington Post, Nov 10, 2001 [193 KB] » (10/27/04) Documents on a Promising EPA Chemical Security Proposal that Was Later Quashed by the Administration. June 2002. [602 KB] » (10/27/04) Letter from Michael J. Graff, President of BP Amoco Chemical Company, to Karl Rove, Senior White House Advisor, lobbying him for White House opposition to S.1602, the Corzine-Jeffords bill that would have increased hazardous chemical security and required assessment of available safer proven chemicals or technologies. Rove's reply also included. [65 KB] » (10/27/04) Letter from Red Cavaney, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute -- a trade group -- to James Connaughton, Chair of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, lobbying him to oppose the proposed EPA chemical security plan. [59 KB]

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