Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical Facility Security

CRS Report for Congress
Senate Proposals To Enhance
Chemical Facility Security
Updated July 5, 2006
Linda-Jo Schierow
Specialist in Environmental Policy
Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical
Facility Security
Summary
The 109^th Congress is considering how to address the risks and consequences
of potential terrorist attacks on chemical facilities. This report compares and
analyzes two bills in the Senate that would address these issues: S. 2145, as reported,
and S. 2486, as introduced. S. 2145 was reported, amended (without written report),
by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 26,
2006. For background information on chemical facility security and summaries of
other legislative proposals, see CRS Report RL31530, Chemical Facility Security.
For more information about alternative legislative approaches, see CRS Report
RL33043, Legislative Approaches to Chemical Facility Security.
S. 2145 would direct the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to issue rules designating chemical facilities subject to regulation, assigning
them to various risk-based tiers, and establishing performance-based standards for
each tier. Designated facilities would include facilities selected from those required
to complete risk management plans under the Clean Air Act (CAA), Section
112(r)(7), and facilities handling more than specified quantities of ammonium nitrate
or any other substance designated by the Secretary. Facilities would be required to
submit to DHS vulnerability assessments, security plans, and emergency response
plans for terrorist incidents. Plans would have to be “sufficient to deter, to the
maximum extent practicable, a terrorist incident or a substantial threat of such an
incident,” and “include security measures to mitigate the consequences of a terrorist
incident.” To oversee implementation, S. 2145 would establish regional DHS
security offices and area security committees and plans. DHS, other federal agencies,
and state and local agencies would be prohibited from releasing to the public
“protected information.” S. 2145 expressly prohibits any private civil actions against
an owner or operator to enforce provisions of the Act. S. 2145 also requires
regulation of ammonium nitrate sales.
S. 2486 addresses security and safety at “stationary sources,” as defined by the
CAA Section 112(r)(2), and other facilities holding substances of concern that the
DHS Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, designates as “high priority.” For all stationary sources, S. 2486
would establish a general duty to identify hazards; ensure safe facility design,
operation, and maintenance (including use of use of inherently safer technology); and
reduce the consequences of a criminal release. Employees would assist owners or
operators in these tasks. Each high-priority facility would be required to submit to
DHS a vulnerability assessment, hazard assessment, and prevention, preparedness,
and response plan. S. 2486 would exempt DHS from public disclosure requirements
of the federal Freedom of Information Act for “all documents provided to the DHS
Secretary under this Act, and all information that describes a specific vulnerability
or stationary source derived from those documents.” S. 2486 establishes Employees’
Safety and Security Committees and mandates employee training with respect to the
Act’s requirements. This report will be updated as warranted by congressional
activity.

Contents
In troduction ..................................................1
S. 2145 (Collins)..............................................1
Chemical Sources and Substances of Concern...................2
Vulnerability Assessments and Planning Requirements............2
Enforcement ..............................................3
Coordination .............................................3
Information Disclosure.....................................3
Judicial Review...........................................3
Other Accountability Measures...............................4
Ammonium Nitrate........................................4
S. 2486 (Lautenberg)...........................................4
Chemical Sources and Substances of Concern...................4
General Duty to Ensure Safe Design, Operation, and Maintenance...5
Vulnerability Assessments and Planning Requirements............5
Enforcement ..............................................5
Coordination .............................................6
Information Disclosure.....................................6
Judicial Review...........................................6
Other Accountability Measures...............................6
Ammonium Nitrate........................................6
Key Similarities and Differences .................................6
Chemical Sources..........................................6
Substances of Concern......................................7
General Duty.............................................7
Inherently Safer Technology.................................7
Information Protection......................................7
Regional and Area Planning.................................8
Judicial Review...........................................8
Worker Involvement.......................................8
Ammonium nitrate.........................................9
List of Tables
Table 1. Comparison of S. 2145, as Reported, and S. 2486, as Introduced,^th
in the 109 Congress..........................................10

Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical
Facility Security
Introduction
The 109^th Congress is considering how to address the risks and consequences
of potential terrorist attacks on chemical facilities. Competing bills, S. 2145 and S.
2486, have been introduced in the Senate. Other legislation has been introduced in
the House, including a companion to S. 2145 (H.R. 4999). H.R. 5695 is similar to
S. 2145, while two other bills, H.R. 1562 and H.R. 2237, are similar to proposals in^th
the 108 Congress. This report focuses on legislation in the Senate. For background
information on chemical facility security and summaries of other legislative
proposals, see CRS Report RL31530, Chemical Facility Security, by Linda-Jo
Schierow. For more information on alternative legislative approaches, see CRS
Report RL33043, Legislative Approaches to Chemical Facility Security, by Dana A.
Shea.
S. 2145 and S. 2486 direct the Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) to designate “substances of concern” and high-priority facilities for
regulation. Both bills require assessments of vulnerability for designated facilities
and preparation and implementation of security plans. Beyond these basic
provisions, however, the bills would mandate facility actions, federal oversight
mechanisms, and other requirements that differ in significant and often controversial
ways. The purpose of this report is to summarize key provisions of the two bills,
highlighting selected areas of disagreement and agreement.
S. 2145 (Collins)
Senator Collins, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee (HSGAC), introduced S. 2145, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act,
on December 19, 2005, following four full Committee hearings on the subject.¹ Co-
sponsors on introduction included Senator Lieberman (the HSGAC Ranking

¹ Recordings of the four hearings are available on the Committee’s website. They are
“Chemical Attack on America: How Vulnerable Are We?” held April 27, 2005; “Is the
Federal Government Doing Enough to Secure Chemical Facilities and Is More Authority
Needed?” held June 15, 2005; “Chemical Facility Security: What Is the Appropriate Federal
Role?” held July 13, 2005; and “Chemical Facility Security: What Is the Appropriate
Federal Role? (Part II),” held July 27, 2005. The House Committee on Homeland Security,
Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity also held
a hearing on this issue on June 15, 2005, “Preventing Terrorist Attacks on America’s
Chemical Plants.” A recording of the House hearing is not posted on the Committee
website, but a transcript is available on the Congressional Quarterly website at
[ h t t p : / / www.c q.c om/ ] .

Member), Senator Coleman, Senator Carper, and Senator Levin, all members of the
HSGAC. The HSGAC reported an amended bill (without written report) on June 26,

2006.

Chemical Sources and Substances of Concern. S. 2145 would direct
the DHS Secretary to promulgate rules for designating chemical facilities (referred
to in the legislation as “chemical sources”) that would be subject to regulation,
assigning these facilities to various risk-based tiers and establishing performance-
based security standards for each tier. Facilities would be considered for designation
if they produced, used, or stored a substance of concern in a quantity equal to or
greater than a threshold quantity. To assist DHS in identifying facilities, the bill
would establish a duty to report to DHS for facilities handling more than a threshold
quantity of a designated substance of concern. Substances of concern would be those
that trigger risk management planning requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA),²
Section 112(r)(7), as well as ammonium nitrate and any other substance designated
by the Secretary. A decision to designate a substance would be based on the potential
extent of death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health and safety or the
environment, or the potential impact on national or economic security or critical
infrastructure caused by a terrorist incident.
Vulnerability Assessments and Planning Requirements. Designated
facilities would be assigned to risk-based tiers and required to complete and submit
to DHS vulnerability assessments, security plans, and emergency response plans for
terrorist incidents. DHS would be required to review these submissions within five
years of their date of submission and to provide a written determination to approve,
disapprove, or modify facility assessments and plans, as well as implementation of
plans. DHS would be prohibited from disapproving a site security plan based on the
presence or absence of a particular security measure, if the plan satisfied the
performance standards established for the applicable risk-based tier.
For facilities in the higher-risk tiers, S. 2145 would require a preliminary DHS
review of facility assessments and plans within nine months of the date when DHS
issues regulations concerning assessments and plans. At that time, DHS would have
to provide notice and compliance assistance to facilities for which an assessment or
plan may not be approved. Three months later, (within one year of the date when
DHS issues regulations concerning assessments and plans), S. 2145 requires a written
determination by DHS to approve, disapprove, or modify facility assessments and
plans, as well as implementation of plans for higher-risk facilities.
S. 2145 would require intergovernmental coordination, and requires facility
owners or operators to specify in their plans “steps taken by the chemical source to
coordinate security measures and plans for response to a terrorist incident with
Federal, State, and local government officials, including law enforcement and first
responders.” Plans would have to be “sufficient to deter, to the maximum extent

² The list of regulated substances may be found at 40 CFR 68.130. Risk management
planning is required to reduce and mitigate the risk to neighboring communities from
accidental releases at facilities handling more than a threshold quantity of any of the 140
listed substances.

practicable, a terrorist incident or a substantial threat of such an incident,” and
“include security measures to mitigate the consequences of a terrorist incident.”
Enforcement. S. 2145 would provide administrative, civil, and criminal
penalties for facility owners or operators who fail to submit assessments or plans or
to implement plans adequately. DHS would be authorized to issue an order for the
chemical source to cease operation if the facility persisted in noncompliance with the
requirements established under S. 2145.
Coordination. The bill would mandate coordination with existing security
and emergency response planning, including planning under the Maritime
Transportation Security Act (MTSA). To ensure coordination, S. 2145 establishes
regional security offices and area security committees and plans. State and local laws
would not be preempted unless they were inconsistent with federal law.
Information Disclosure. DHS, other federal agencies, and state and local
agencies would be prohibited from releasing to the public “protected information.”
That term is defined to include vulnerability assessments, site security plans, security
addenda to emergency response plans, area security plans, or materials developed or
produced exclusively in preparation for assessments or plans. S. 2145 also includes
in the definition of “protected information” any document obtained by DHS or a state
or local government from a chemical source in accordance with this Act, and any
document prepared by or provided to a federal agency or state or local government,
to the extent that the record contains information that (1) describes a specific
chemical source or the specific vulnerabilities of a chemical source; (2) was taken
from a vulnerability assessment, site security plan, addendum to an emergency
response plan, materials produced by a chemical source exclusively in preparation
of such documents, or a copy of such record in possession of the chemical source;
and (3) would, if disclosed, be detrimental to the security of a chemical source.
The introduced bill would have required public disclosure of written
certifications of compliance by facility owners/operators, DHS certificates of
compliance issued for individual sources, DHS orders issued for noncompliance, and
lists of facilities for which DHS has issued an approval or disapproval, unless the
Secretary determined that release of a particular record would increase security risk.
An amendment to S. 2145 was approved during markup that reverses this provision,
such that certifications and orders could not be disclosed unless the Secretary were
to determine that release of a particular record would increase security risk. Even if
the Secretary determined an absence of increased risk, the Secretary would be
authorized, but not required, to disclose the record.
Judicial Review. As introduced, S. 2145 was silent with respect to judicial
review. However, S. 2145 was amended during markup to permit any person to file
a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for judicial
review of a rule within 60 days of promulgation. The reported bill directs the court
to review rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (i.e., 5 U.S.C.
§701 et seq.).
The amended bill would allow only an owner or operator whose facility is
affected by a final agency action to file a petition for judicial review of the action

with an appropriate U.S. district court. (The standard of review would remain that
in the Administrative Procedure Act.) Only the owner or operator and the Secretary
could participate in such civil actions. In addition, the bill expressly prohibits any
private civil actions against an owner or operator to enforce provisions of the Act.
Other Accountability Measures. Other provisions of S. 2145 would
require reports by DHS and GAO, establish a process by which any person might
submit a report to DHS regarding vulnerabilities of a chemical source, and protect
whistle-blowers from retaliation. During markup, an amendment was approved that
would prohibit GAO from releasing to the public any “protected information” in its
reports.
Ammonium Nitrate. S. 2145 directs the DHS Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture, to regulate the production and sale of ammonium nitrate
to prevent misappropriation or use in violation of law. The bill would require
registration of facilities and purchasers, and restrict sales to registered producers,
sellers, and purchasers.
S. 2486 (Lautenberg)
Senator Lautenberg, a member of the HSGAC, introduced the Chemical
Security and Safety Act of 2006 (S. 2486) on March 30, 2006. Co-sponsors on
introduction included Senator Obama, Senator Kerry, Senator Menendez, Senator
Durbin, and Senator Biden.
Chemical Sources and Substances of Concern. S. 2486 addresses
security and safety at “stationary sources,” which are defined by reference to the
CAA Section 112(r)(2),³ but also to include other facilities that produce, process,
handle, or store any “substance of concern” and which the DHS Secretary designates
as “high priority.” Substances of concern are defined as substances listed under the
CAA Section 112(r)(3) in a threshold quantity or any other substance designated by
the Secretary under section 5(d) of the Chemical Security and Safety Act in a
threshold quantity.
The DHS Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), would be directed to designate by rule at
least 3,000 facilities handling substances of concern as “high priority categories.” In
designating high-priority facilities, the Secretary would be directed to consider
potential severity of harm; proximity to population centers; threats to national
security; threats to critical infrastructure; threshold quantities of substances of

³ The CAA §112(r)(2)(C) defines a “stationary source” to mean “any buildings, structures,
equipment, installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities (i) which belong to the
same industrial group, (ii) which are located on one or more contiguous properties, (iii)
which are under the control of the same person (or persons under common control), and (iv)
from which an accidental release may occur.” The CAA §112(r)(2)(A) defines “accidental
release” to mean “an unanticipated emission of a regulated substance or other extremely
hazardous substance into the ambient air from a stationary source.” The CAA §112(r)(2)(B)
defines “regulated substance” to mean “a substance listed under [CAA §112(r)] paragraph
(3).”

concern that pose a serious threat; and other safety or security factors that the DHS
Secretary, in consultation with the EPA Administrator, determines to be appropriate.
S. 2486 also would require the Secretary to identify the 600 highest priority stationary
sources.
General Duty to Ensure Safe Design, Operation, and Maintenance.
For all stationary sources, S. 2486 would establish a general duty to —
^!identify hazards that may result from a criminal release of a
substance;
^!ensure that the facility is designed, operated, and maintained in a
safe manner; and
^!reduce the consequences of a criminal release.
Owners or operators of stationary sources would be required to involve employees
in ensuring the “design, operation, and maintenance of safe facilities,” an obligation
that is defined to include use of inherently safer technology (IST) “to the maximum
extent practicable.” S. 2486 defines IST as the “use of a technology, product, raw
material, or practice that, as compared to the technology, products, raw materials, or
practices currently in use ... significantly reduces or eliminates the possibility of the
release of a substance of concern, and ... significantly reduces or eliminates the
hazards to public health and safety and the environment associated with the release
or potential release.” This definition includes such actions as “chemical substitution,
process redesign, product reformulation, and procedural and technological
modification.”
Vulnerability Assessments and Planning Requirements. Each owner
or operator of a high-priority facility would be required to submit to DHS a written
report that would include a vulnerability assessment, a hazard assessment, and a
prevention, preparedness, and response plan that would incorporate the results of the
assessments and meet requirements established by DHS. Each plan would have to
include discussion of the practicability of implementing each element of “safe”
facility design, operation, and maintenance. The bill also requires consultation with
employees at the facility in developing the assessments and plan.
S. 2486 would require the DHS Secretary to review each submitted report to
determine whether it complied with DHS regulations, and to certify approval for
compliant facilities. In addition, the bill directs the DHS Secretary to notify any
owner or operator who submits a plan that is disapproved. S. 2486 would establish
an information clearinghouse to assist facilities in complying with requirements.
Enforcement. S. 2486 would provide administrative, civil, and criminal
penalties for facility owners or operators who failed to comply with a compliance
order or directive issued by the Secretary. If a threat of a terrorist attack is beyond
the scope of a submitted prevention, preparedness, and response plan, or current
implementation of the plan is insufficient, DHS would be authorized to issue a
compliance order. If a facility persisted in noncompliance, the Secretary would be
authorized, after notifying the facility of that fact, to seek judicial relief to abate the
threat. Such judicial relief could include an order to cease operation and such other
orders as would be necessary to protect public health or welfare.

Coordination. S. 2486 mandates coordination of implementation for the
Chemical Security and Safety Act with the MTSA and directs the DHS Secretary to
minimize duplication of requirements for risk assessment and response plans under
other federal law.
Information Disclosure. S. 2486 would protect DHS from public disclosure
requirements of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for “all documents
provided to the DHS Secretary under this Act, and all information that describes a
specific vulnerability or stationary source derived from those documents.” A few
documents are excepted from this protection, such as compliance certifications by the
DHS Secretary. In addition, information derived from the protected documents may
be disclosed if it would not divulge trade secrets, not identify any particular
stationary source, and “is not reasonably likely to increase the probability or
consequences of a criminal release.” No protection is provided for information at
other federal agencies, but state and local government agencies are protected from
disclosure requirements of all federal, state, and local laws. As for DHS information
protection, a few documents are excepted from protection at state and local
government agencies.
Judicial Review. S. 2486 is silent with respect to judicial review of DHS
actions. That means that final actions by DHS, whether rules or orders, would be
subject to judicial review as provided by the generally applicable Administrative
Procedure Act (APA; 5 U.S.C. §501 et seq.). The APA permits any person the right
to petition a federal district court for review of a final agency action. Under the APA,
an agency rulemaking can be held unlawful or set aside if it is found to be “arbitrary,⁴
capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law.”
The court can also “compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably
delayed.”
Other Accountability Measures. S. 2486 would establish Employees’
Safety and Security Committees at stationary sources with at least 15 employees, and
mandates employee training at all stationary sources with respect to the Act’s
requirements. In addition, the bill would require notification and involvement of
employees in facility inspections and investigations. Protection is provided for
employees who might report problems at their facilities to authorities.
Ammonium Nitrate. S. 2486 does not authorize additional regulation
regarding sale or purchase of ammonium nitrate.
Key Similarities and Differences
Chemical Sources. Both bills would direct the Secretary to focus on
chemical sources regulated under the CAA §112(r). However, S. 2145 provides the
Secretary discretion with respect to designating and requires only that the Secretary
consider “any facility that is a stationary source ... for which the owner or operator
is required to complete a risk management plan....” Facilities required to complete
a risk management plan are those at which a regulated substance is present at a

⁴ The judicial review provisions of the APA are codified at 5 U.S.C 701-706.

quantity greater than a threshold quantity (CAA §112(r)(7)). In contrast, S. 2486
would apply to all stationary sources, which the bill defines with reference to the
CAA §112(r)(2). That definition includes “any buildings, structures, equipment,
installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities” (arguably a wider category
than “facilities”) “(i) which belong to the same industrial group, (ii) which are
located on one or more contiguous properties, (iii) which are under the control of the
same person (or persons under common control), and (iv) from which an accidental
release may occur.”
In addition, both bills would authorize designation of additional facilities for
regulation. S. 2145, but not S. 2486, exempts facilities owned or operated by the
Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, or a licensee or certificate holder
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Substances of Concern. S. 2145 would define “substance of concern” as
a chemical substance present at a chemical source in a quantity equal to or exceeding
the threshold quantity, as established under the CAA §112(r)(3) and (5); ammonium
nitrate, in a quantity to be determined by the Secretary; or any other chemical
substance above a threshold quantity designated by the Secretary. S. 2486 would
define “substance of concern” similarly, but does not include ammonium nitrate in
its definition.
General Duty. S. 2145 would not impose a general duty on stationary sources
that produce, process, handle, or store any “substance of concern,” as does S. 2486.
The latter would require owners or operators of stationary sources (1) to identify
hazards that may result from a criminal release; (2) to ensure the “design, operation,
and maintenance of safe facilities”; and (3) to eliminate or minimize the
consequences of any criminal release.
Inherently Safer Technology. S. 2486 would require owners or operators
of stationary sources to ensure the “design, operation, and maintenance of safe
facilities,” which the bill defines to include the use of IST “to the maximum extent
practicable.” Higher priority stationary sources are required to consider use of IST,
implement IST to the maximum extent practicable, and document consideration in
security and response plans. S. 2145 does not require consideration or
implementation of IST, although it explicitly allows consideration and use of
technologies that would reduce potential consequences of any successful terrorist
attack as a security measure in a site security plan. During markup of S. 2145, the
committee approved an amendment that would prohibit the Secretary from
disapproving a security plan because it failed to incorporate a particular security
measure. This provision was adopted to ensure that the Secretary would not require
IST.
Information Protection. Both bills would exempt DHS from FOIA
requirements for public disclosure of agency documents. S. 2145 would prohibit
disclosure of “protected information” (see definition above). In addition, it prohibits
disclosure of certifications and orders that might reveal the compliance status of
regulated facilities. Certifications (but not orders) may be released only if the
Secretary determines that release of such information would not increase the risk to
a facility. S. 2145 directs the Secretary to develop protocols to ensure, to the

maximum extent practicable, that protected information will be maintained in a
secure location and that access will be limited to persons granted access for the
purpose of carrying out the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act. The bill also
mandates that any officer or employee of a federal, state, or local government agency
who knowingly discloses any protected information be imprisoned for up to one year,
fined under chapter 227 of title 18, United States Code, or both, and if a federal
employee, removed from office or employment.
S. 2486 would exempt DHS from FOIA requirements with respect to “all
documents provided to the DHS Secretary under this Act, and all information that
describes a specific vulnerability or stationary source derived from those documents,”
but the bill also would allow public disclosure of information derived from the
documents and information that is protected if it would not divulge trade secrets,
identify any particular stationary source, and “is not reasonably likely to increase the
probability or consequences of a criminal release.” S. 2486 would not restrict
disclosure of certifications under §6(b), orders under §10(a), or best practices
established under §13(4) of the Act. The bill would require the Secretary to develop
information protection protocols, but S. 2486 would not authorize penalties for
unauthorized disclosure of protected information.
Regional and Area Planning. S. 2145 would establish regional DHS
security offices to oversee facility efforts and area committees to coordinate local,
state, and federal security and emergency response planning. S. 2486 does not
include such provisions.
Judicial Review. S. 2145 distinguishes between rulemaking and other final
agency actions with respect to courts of jurisdiction, as well as parties authorized to
act. S. 2145 would allow challenges to final rules only in the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia, but challenges to any other final actions could be filed
only in the appropriate federal district court. Because S. 2486 does not address
judicial review of final DHS actions, actions may be filed in any federal district court.
S. 2145 would permit any person to file a petition for judicial review of a final
regulation but would permit only the owner or operator of a chemical source to file
a petition for review of a final agency action or order. Only that owner or operator
and the Secretary would have the right to participate in such civil action. In contrast,
because S. 2486 does not address judicial review of final DHS actions, any person
who is affected by a final DHS action, including promulgation of a final rule, has the
right under the Administrative Procedure Act to file an action for its review and to
participate in any civil action initiated by another.
Finally, S. 2145 explicitly denies any right to private civil actions against an
owner or operator to enforce provisions of the Act. Again, S. 2486 is silent with
respect to private rights of action. As a result, it is unclear whether a private right of
action would be permitted.
Worker Involvement. S. 2486 would establish Employees’ Safety and
Security Committees at facilities with 15 or more employees to identify, discuss, and
make recommendations to owners or operators concerning potential hazards and risks
relevant to security, safety, health, and the environment. These committees are to

participate in developing, reviewing, and revising vulnerability assessments, hazard
assessments, and prevention, preparedness, and response plans at their facilities.
Owners or operators would be required to provide employees annually with four
hours of training relevant to security and safety planning. S. 2145 does not have such
provisions. Both bills provide protection for employees who might report problems
at their facilities to authorities, but whistle-blower protection provisions are more
extensive and detailed in S. 2486 than in S. 2145.
Ammonium nitrate. S. 2145 directs the DHS Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Agriculture, to regulate the production and sale of ammonium nitrate
to prevent misappropriation or use in violation of law. The bill would require
registration of facilities and purchasers, and it would restrict sales to registered
producers, sellers, and purchasers. S. 2486 does not contain such provisions.
Table 1 summarizes selected provisions of the two bills.

Table 1. Comparison of S. 2145, as Reported, and S. 2486,
as Introduced, in the 109^th Congress
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^pu^rpos^es^of^t^hⁱ^s^A^c^t^an^{d obt}^aiⁿ^e^d^sp^ecifⁱ^{c v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^o^r^statioⁿ^a^r^y
^by^D^H^S^uⁿ^d^{er §4;}^{(2) an}^y^s^o^u^r^{ce deri}^v^e^{d f}^r^om^t^h^os^e
^m^a^t^e^ri^al^s^obt^aiⁿ^e^{d by}^D^H^S^an^d^docu^m^en^ts^{,” ex}^{cept certif}^ication^s
^dev^e^l^{oped or produ}^{ced by}^a^uⁿ^d^{er §6(b), orders}^uⁿ^d^{er §10(a),}
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce ex}^clu^s^iv^elyⁱⁿ^an^{d bes}^t^practices^f^o^{r IST}
^preparation^of^records^,^es^t^a^blⁱ^s^h^e^{d u}ⁿ^d^{er §13(4).}

^d^o^c^u^m^en^{ts, o}^rⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ
^ref^e^{rred to by}^an^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, plan}^,
^o^r^a^d^d^e^nd^um^o^r^aⁿ^e^m^e^r^ge^nc^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^;^{(3) an}^y^docu^m^en^t
^{or ot}^h^e^{r i}ⁿ^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^obt^aiⁿ^e^{d by}
^{DHS or a s}^t^{ate or local}
^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^f^r^om^{a ch}^em^ical
^s^o^u^r^{ce in}^accordan^{ce w}^ith^th^is
^A^c^{t, an}^{d an}^y^docu^m^en^{t prepared}
^by^{or prov}ⁱ^d^{ed t}^o^{a f}^e^deral^ag^en^cy
^{or s}^t^{ate or local g}^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^{, to}
^th^{e ex}^ten^t^th^{at th}^{e docu}^m^en^{t or}
ⁱⁿ^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^{(a) des}^c^ri^bes^a
^s^p^ecifⁱ^{c ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce or th}^e
^sp^ecifⁱ^{c v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^{ilities o}^f^a
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce; (b) w}^a^s^tak^eⁿ
^f^r^o^m^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^t,
^s^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^{, area s}^ecu^rity
^plan^{, adden}^d^u^m^{to an}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^plan^{, or an}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^{or f}^r^om^{a copy}^of
^suc^h^r^e^c^o^r^d^{in p}^o^sse^ssioⁿ^o^f^the
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce; an}^{d (c) w}^o^u^l^{d, if}
^dⁱ^sclo^sed^,^b^e^d^e^tr^im^en^{tal to}^th^e
^s^ecu^rity^of^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ce.

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^S^ecu^{rity o}^r^sa^fety^Defⁱⁿ^e^s^“^s^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^e”^D^e^fi^ne^{s “d}^e^sⁱ^gn,^o^p^e^r^a^tⁱ^o^n,^aⁿ^d
^m^e^as^ur^e^broadly^{to in}^clu^d^{e m}^eas^u^r^es^to^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities” to}
^prev^en^{t or detect th}^{e pres}^en^{ce of}ⁱⁿ^clu^d^{e “}^t^{o th}^{e m}^a^xⁱ^m^u^m^ex^ten^t
^ter^r^o^r^{ists in}^sen^s^itiv^{e ar}^{eas o}^f^th^e^{practicable” —}
^f^acility^{, as w}^e^{ll as m}^easu^r^{es to}^“use^o^fⁱ^nhe^r^e^nt^l^y^sa^fe^r
^redu^{ce con}^s^equ^eⁿ^cesⁱⁿ^th^{e ev}^en^t^t^e^c^hno^l^o^gy^;^”^m^e^a^s^ur^e^s^t^o^m^a^ke
^of^{a s}^u^cces^s^f^u^l^terroris^{t attack}^.^f^{acilities im}^p^r^egⁿ^a^b^l^{e; “}^o^u^t^reach^to
^[§2]^t^h^e^sur^r^o^undⁱ^{ng c}^o^m^m^uni^t^y^;^”
^im^p^r^o^vⁱⁿ^g^{site secu}^r^ity^{, em}^p^l^o^y^ee
^t^r^aⁱⁿⁱ^ng,^aⁿ^d^c^o^o^r^dⁱ^na^tⁱ^o^{n w}ⁱ^t^h
^s^t^{ate an}^{d local em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^of^fⁱ^cials^,
^law^en^f^o^rcem^en^{t ag}^en^cies^{, an}^{d f}ⁱ^rs^t
^res^pon^ders^;^an^{d s}^econ^d^ary
^coⁿ^t^ain^m^en^{t, co}ⁿ^t^r^o^{l, o}^r^m^itig^atin^g
^eq^uⁱ^p^m^en^{t. T}^h^{e d}^e^fⁱⁿ^itioⁿ^also
ⁱⁿ^clu^d^es^u^s^{e of}^bu^f^f^e^{r zon}^e^s^.
^U^s^{e of}ⁱ^nher^e^nt^l^y^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le d}^e^fⁱⁿ^itioⁿ^.^Defⁱⁿ^e^{s “}^u^{se o}^fⁱⁿ^h^e^r^eⁿ^tly^saf^e^r
^s^a^f^e^r^t^echnol^ogy^techⁿ^o^log^y^{” as}^u^s^{e of}^{a tech}ⁿ^o^log^y^,
^produ^ct^{, raw}^m^a^t^e^ri^al^{, or pract}ⁱ^c^e
^th^{at s}ⁱ^gⁿⁱ^fⁱ^can^tly^redu^ces^or
^elimⁱⁿ^{ates th}^{e p}^o^ssib^ility^o^f^th^e
^releas^{e of}^{a s}^u^bs^tan^{ce of}^con^cern^,
^an^{d s}ⁱ^gⁿⁱ^fⁱ^can^tly^redu^ces^or
^elimⁱⁿ^ates^th^{e h}^azards^{to pu}^blic
^h^ealth^an^d^saf^e^ty^an^d^th^e
^en^vⁱ^ron^m^en^{t as}^s^o^{ciated w}^ith^th^e
^releas^{e or poten}^{tial releas}^e.
^[§3]
^Subs^t^{ance of}^Defⁱⁿ^e^{d as}^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^u^bs^tan^c^e^Defⁱⁿ^e^{d as}^an^y^s^u^bs^tan^{ce lis}^ted
^concerⁿ^pres^en^{t at a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce in}^a^uⁿ^d^{er t}^h^{e C}^A^A^{§112(r)(3) i}ⁿ^a
^q^u^an^tity^eq^u^a^{l to}^o^r^ex^ceedⁱⁿ^g^th^e^th^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity^o^r^an^y^o^t^h^e^r
^th^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity^f^o^r^th^e^s^u^bs^t^aⁿ^{ce des}ⁱ^gⁿ^a^t^e^{d by}^t^h^e
^ch^em^{ical s}^u^bs^tan^{ce, as}^es^tablis^h^e^d^Secr^etar^yⁱⁿ^{a th}^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity
^uⁿ^d^{er t}^h^{e C}^A^A^{§112(r)(3) an}^d^uⁿ^d^{er §5(d) of}^t^hⁱ^s^A^c^t^.^D^o^esⁿ^o^t
⁽⁵⁾^;^a^m^m^oⁿⁱ^umⁿⁱ^t^r^a^t^e^,ⁱⁿ^a^ref^e^{r t}^o^t^h^{e C}^A^A^{§112(r)(5) or}
^q^u^an^tity^to^b^e^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^ed^b^y^th^e^a^m^m^oⁿⁱ^umⁿⁱ^t^r^a^t^e^.
^{DHS Secretary}^;^{or an}^y^oth^e^r^[§3]

^ch^em^{ical s}^u^bs^tan^{ce abov}^{e a}
^th^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity^d^e^sigⁿ^a^ted^b^y
^th^{e DHS Secretary}^uⁿ^d^{er §3(i).}
^[§2]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Co^v^{ered Fa}^cilities^Iⁿ^clu^d^{es f}^{acilities d}^e^sigⁿ^a^ted^b^y^Iⁿ^clu^d^{es all “}^s^tatioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^ces”
^D^H^S^uⁿ^d^{er §3(a), bu}^tⁿ^o^t^uⁿ^d^{er t}^h^{e C}^A^A^{§112(r)(2), i}ⁿ
^f^{acilities o}^wⁿ^e^d^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^ted^b^y^ad^d^itioⁿ^to^an^y^o^t^h^e^r^so^u^r^ces
^t^h^{e D}^e^part^m^eⁿ^t^of^En^erg^y^,^d^e^sigⁿ^a^tedⁱⁿ^r^e^g^u^l^atioⁿ^s^{as “}^h^ig^h
^D^e^part^m^eⁿ^t^of^D^e^f^eⁿ^s^{e, or a}^pri^o^ri^t^y^{” u}ⁿ^d^{er §5(d) by}^t^h^{e D}^H^S
^licen^s^{ee or certif}^{icate h}^o^{lder of}^Secretary^.
^th^{e Nu}^{clear R}^e^g^u^l^atory^[§5]
^C^o^mmi^s^sⁱ^oⁿ^.
^Iⁿ^d^e^sigⁿ^a^tin^g^f^{acilities, th}^{e DHS}
^Secretary^m^u^s^t^con^s^ider:
⁽¹⁾^an^y^f^acility^th^{at is a}
^“^s^tation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce” u}ⁿ^d^{er th}^e
^C^l^ean^Aⁱ^{r A}^c^t^(C^A^A⁾^{, §112(r)(2)}
^an^{d f}^o^{r w}^hⁱ^c^h^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or}
^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^{is r}^e^q^u^ir^ed^to^co^m^p^{lete a}
^rⁱ^{sk m}^a^na^ge^m^e^nt^p^l^aⁿⁱⁿ
^accordan^{ce w}^ith^C^A^A^§112(r)(7)
⁽^B⁾⁽ⁱⁱ⁾^{; (}²⁾^an^y^o^t^h^e^r^f^acility^th^at
^produ^ces^{, u}^s^es^{, or s}^t^ores^a
^“^s^u^b^s^t^an^{ce of}^con^cern^”^{; an}^{d (3)}
^an^y^ad^d^itioⁿ^a^{l f}^acility^th^{at th}^e
^{DHS Secretary}^determⁱⁿ^es^s^h^all
^{be des}ⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ce.
^[§3(c)-⁽^d)]
^{Criteria for}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^,^bu^t
^Desigⁿ^a^t^ing^Fa^cilit^ies^estab^lish^cr^iterⁱ^{a f}^o^r^d^e^sigⁿ^a^tin^g^c^rⁱ^t^e^rⁱ^a^fo^r^d^e^si^gna^tⁱ^{ng hi}^gh-
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^by^reg^u^l^ation^.^p^r^io^r^ity^so^u^r^{ces ar}^{e sim}^ilar^.^See
^T^h^{e DHS Secretary}^m^u^s^t^bas^e^“^I^d^eⁿ^tif^yⁱⁿ^g^P^r^io^r^{ities” b}^e^lo^w^.

^d^e^sigⁿ^a^tioⁿ^cr^iterⁱ^{a o}ⁿ^th^e
^f^o^llo^wⁱⁿ^g^“^r^isk^f^acto^r^s”:
^{— p}^e^r^ceiv^e^d^th^r^{eat to}^{a f}^acility^;
^{— p}^o^t^en^{tial ex}^ten^t^an^d^lik^elih^o^o^d
^of^s^e^riou^s^adv^e^rs^{e ef}^f^ects^to
^h^u^m^an^h^ealth^an^d^saf^e^ty^o^r^to^th^e
^e^nvi^r^o^nm^eⁿ^t^;
^{— th}^r^{eats to}^o^r^p^o^t^en^{tial im}^p^act
^oⁿⁿ^a^tioⁿ^a^{l secu}^r^ity^o^r^cr^itical
ⁱⁿ^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^;
^{— p}^o^t^en^{tial th}^r^{eats o}^r^h^a^r^m^to^th^e
^econ^o^m^y^;
^{— p}^r^o^x^im^ity^o^f^{a f}^acility^to
^popu^l^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^cen^t^e^rs^;
^{— n}^a^tu^r^e^an^d^q^u^an^tity^o^f
^s^u^bs^tan^ces^of^con^cern^;^an^d
^{— oth}^e^{r s}^ecu^rity^-^r^{elated f}^actors
ⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^{to protect pu}^{blic h}^ealth
^an^d^saf^e^ty^{, cr}^{itical in}^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^,
^an^{d n}^a^tion^a^{l an}^{d econ}^o^mⁱ^c
^s^ecu^rity^.
^[§3(a)-⁽^b)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^I^d^{entifying Priorities}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^p^r^o^m^u^l^g^a^{te r}^u^{les estab}^lishⁱⁿ^g^a^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e A}^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r
^ris^k^-^b^as^{ed tier s}^y^s^t^em^of^ch^em^ical^o^f^t^h^e^U^.^S.^E^nvi^r^o^nm^eⁿ^t^a^l
^so^ur^c^e^s^,^c^o^nsi^s^tⁱ^{ng o}^f^se^ve^r^a^l^P^r^otection^A^g^en^cy^(EP^A^{) an}^{d s}^t^ate
^tⁱ^e^rs^{, an}^{d prov}ⁱ^dⁱⁿ^g^g^uⁱ^dan^{ce t}^o^an^{d local g}^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cies
^owⁿ^e^rs^an^{d operat}^o^rs^reg^a^rdiⁿ^g^res^pon^sⁱ^bl^{e f}^o^{r pl}^anⁿⁱⁿ^g^f^o^{r an}^d
^action^s^th^{at w}^o^u^l^{d en}^{able a s}^o^u^r^ce^res^pon^din^g^{to crim}ⁱⁿ^{al releas}^es^an^d
^to^m^o^v^e^to^{a lo}^w^e^r^rⁱ^sk^tier^.^On^e^fo^r^p^r^o^vⁱ^dⁱ^{ng e}^m^e^r^ge^nc^y^he^a^l^t^h
^{or m}^o^{re tiers}^m^u^s^t^{be “}^h^ig^h^e^r^car^{e, to}^d^e^sigⁿ^a^{te “}^h^ig^h^p^r^io^r^ity^”
^ri^s^k^{” t}ⁱ^e^rs^.^f^{acilities b}^y^r^e^g^u^l^atioⁿ^,^b^a^sed^oⁿ
^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^“^t^h^e^sev^e^r^ity^o^f^th^{e th}^r^{eat p}^o^s^ed^b^y
^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^{e th}^{e tier}^ap^p^licab^{le to}^{a crim}ⁱⁿ^{al releas}^{e.” A}^t^leas^{t 3,000}
^each^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ce.^f^{acilities m}^u^{st b}^e^d^e^sigⁿ^a^ted^“^h^ig^h
⁽^N^o^t^{e th}^{at th}^{e listin}^g^o^f^f^acilities^p^r^io^r^ity^{.” I}ⁿ^d^e^sigⁿ^a^tin^g^f^acilities
ⁱ^s^no^t^t^h^r^o^{ugh r}^u^l^e^-m^a^kⁱ^ng.⁾^“^h^ig^h^priority^{,” th}^{e DHS Secretary}
^[§3(e)]^m^u^s^t^con^s^ider:
^{— p}^o^t^en^{tial sev}^e^r^ity^o^f^h^a^r^m^;
^—^proxⁱ^mⁱ^t^y^t^o^popu^l^a^tⁱ^oⁿ
^cen^ter^s^;
^{— th}^r^{eats to}ⁿ^a^tioⁿ^a^{l secu}^r^ity^;
^{— th}^r^{eats to}^cr^{itical in}^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^;
^{— th}^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^{tities o}^f
^s^u^bs^tan^ces^of^con^cern^th^{at pos}^{e a}
^serⁱ^o^u^{s th}^r^{eat; an}^d
^{— oth}^e^{r s}^a^f^e^ty^{or s}^ecu^rity^f^actors
^th^{at th}^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^{es to}^b^e
^ap^p^r^o^p^r^{iate. Each}^statioⁿ^a^r^y
^s^o^u^r^{ce m}^u^s^t^{be con}^s^idered
ⁱⁿ^dⁱ^vⁱ^d^u^ally^.
^T^h^{e DHS Secretary}^als^o^m^u^s^t
ⁱ^d^en^tⁱ^f^y^t^h^{e 600 h}ⁱ^g^h^e^s^t^pri^o^ri^t^y
^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^ces^{. [§5(a)-}⁽^{b) an}^d
^§6(c)(1)]
^Iⁿ^d^e^si^gna^tⁱ^{ng hi}^gh-p^rⁱ^o^rⁱ^t^y
^categ^ories^,^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^{is au}^th^o^r^ized^to
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{te by}^ru^{le an}^y^ch^em^ical
^f^acility^{as a “}^s^tatioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^ce.”
^[§5(d)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^G^e^{neral Duty}^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.^Es^tablis^h^e^s^f^o^{r each}^owⁿ^e^{r an}^d
^{operator of}^{a s}^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce th}^at
^produ^ces^{, proces}^s^e^s^,^h^aⁿ^d^l^e^s^,^or
^s^t^ores^an^y^“^s^u^b^s^t^an^{ce of}^con^cern^”^a
^g^eⁿ^e^r^a^{l d}^u^ty^{: (}¹⁾^to^id^en^tif^y
^h^azards^th^{at m}^a^y^res^u^{lt f}^r^om^a
^crimⁱⁿ^{al releas}^{e; (2) to en}^s^u^{re th}^e
^“d^e^sⁱ^gn,^o^p^e^r^a^tⁱ^o^n,^aⁿ^d
^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities;” an}^d
⁽³⁾^to^elimⁱⁿ^{ate o}^r^mⁱⁿⁱ^mⁱ^{ze th}^e
^con^s^equ^eⁿ^ces^of^an^y^crimⁱⁿ^al
^releas^{e. R}^e^qu^ires^th^{at th}^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or}
^operat^o^{r of}^{a s}^t^atⁱ^oⁿ^a^ry^s^o^u^r^ce
ⁱⁿ^v^o^lv^{e em}^ploy^ees^of^th^{e s}^o^u^r^{ce in}
^each^as^{pect of}^en^s^u^rin^g^th^e
^“d^e^sⁱ^gn,^o^p^e^r^a^tⁱ^o^n,^aⁿ^d
^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities.”}
^[§4]
^{Security Standards}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^estab^lish^secu^r^ity^p^e^r^f^o^r^m^aⁿ^c^e^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^s^t^an^dards^f^o^{r each}^ris^k^-^b^as^{ed tier}^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^{rator, th}^{e U.S. C}^h^em^ical
^o^f^f^{acilities, w}^ith^strⁱ^cter^Saf^e^ty^an^{d Hazard In}^v^e^s^tig^ation
^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts f}^o^r^tier^s^p^o^sⁱⁿ^g^B^o^{ard, an}^{d s}^t^{ate an}^{d local}
^gr^e^a^t^e^r^rⁱ^sks.^T^h^e^staⁿ^d^a^r^d^{s m}^u^st^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cies^{, to}
^al^l^o^w^an^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r t}^o^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns t}^h^a^t^r^e^q^uⁱ^r^e
^s^e^{lect s}^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^th^{at, in}^each^owⁿ^e^{r an}^{d each}^{operator of}^a
^co^m^bⁱⁿ^atioⁿ^,^satisf^y^th^{e secu}^r^ity^“^h^ig^h^p^r^io^r^ity^{” statio}ⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^{ce to}
^perf^orm^aⁿ^{ce s}^t^an^dards^an^{d m}^u^s^t^tak^e^action^{to detect, prev}^en^{t, an}^d
^{be ri}^s^k^-^b^as^{ed, perf}^orm^aⁿ^ce-^bas^e^d,^elimⁱⁿ^{ate or redu}^{ce th}^e
^f^l^ex^ib^{le, an}^dⁱⁿ^clu^d^e^con^s^equ^eⁿ^ces^of^terroris^{t attack}^s
^con^s^ideration^of^th^{e criteria f}^o^r^an^{d oth}^e^{r crim}ⁱⁿ^{al releas}^es^{. Su}^ch
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^tin^g^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^actioⁿ^m^u^{st b}^e^tak^eⁿⁱⁿ
^[uⁿ^d^{er §3(a)], cos}^t^{, tech}ⁿⁱ^cal^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^lo^{cal law}
^f^easib^ility^{, an}^d^{scale o}^f^en^f^o^rcem^en^{t, f}ⁱ^rs^{t res}^pon^ders^,
^operation^s^.^em^ploy^ees^{, an}^{d em}^ploy^ee
^[§3(f⁾^]^repres^en^tativ^es^{, an}^{d m}^u^s^tⁱⁿ^clu^d^e
^th^{e “}^d^esigⁿ^,^o^p^e^r^a^tioⁿ^,^an^d
^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities.”}
^{[§5(c)(1) an}^{d §5(e)]}
^Noti^{ce to Poten}^tⁱ^a^l^l^y^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Desigⁿ^a^t^{ed Fa}^cilit^iesⁿ^o^tif^y^p^o^t^en^tially^r^e^g^u^l^ated
^f^{acilities ab}^o^u^{t th}^{e p}^r^o^{cess an}^d
^tim^elin^{e f}^o^{r rev}ⁱ^ew^an^d
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^tion^of^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^.
^[§3(g⁾^]
^R^e^vi^ew^{of D}^e^sⁱ^gn^ati^oⁿ^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^{of Chem}^{ical Sources}^revⁱ^ew^an^{d rev}ⁱ^s^e^asⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^th^e^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^{list o}^f^d^e^sigⁿ^a^ted^so^u^r^{ces ev}^er^y³^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^to^r^e^vⁱ^ew^th^e
^y^ear^{s. A}^u^th^o^r^{izes ad}^d^itioⁿ^a^l^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns d}^e^si^gna^tⁱ^{ng “hi}^g^h
^r^e^vⁱ^sioⁿ^{s o}^f^th^{e list b}^y^th^{e DHS}^priority^{” s}^o^u^r^ces^an^{d m}^a^k^e
^Secretary^.ⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^revⁱ^sⁱ^on^s^,^{at leas}^{t on}^ce
^[§3(h⁾^]^ev^ery^{5 y}^ears^.
^[§5(e)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^I^d^en^ti^fi^cati^on^of^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^s^{, b}^u^{t see}
^A^d^dⁱ^ti^on^al^C^h^emⁱ^c^al^an^y^f^acility^w^h^er^{e a th}^r^e^sh^o^l^d^“^I^d^eⁿ^tif^yⁱⁿ^g^P^r^io^r^{ities” ab}^o^v^e.
^Sources^q^u^an^tity^o^f^{a su}^b^s^tan^{ce o}^f^coⁿ^cerⁿ
^{is p}^r^esen^{t to}^p^e^titioⁿ^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^f^o^{r a determ}ⁱⁿ^ation^on
^w^h^eth^e^r^th^{at f}^acility^sh^o^u^ld^b^e
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce, if}
^th^{at f}^acility^h^a^{s n}^o^{t b}^een^r^e^q^u^ir^ed
^to^co^m^p^{lete a r}ⁱ^sk^m^aⁿ^a^g^e^m^eⁿ^t
^pl^an^(uⁿ^d^{er t}^h^{e C}^A^A^§112(r)(7)
⁽^B⁾⁽ⁱⁱ⁾^.
^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^coⁿ^s^u^{lt w}^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^to^estab^lish^a
^m^ech^an^is^m^f^o^{r DHS to receiv}^e
^tim^elyⁿ^o^{tice w}^h^en^{a f}^acility^is
^r^e^q^u^ir^ed^to^co^m^p^{lete a r}ⁱ^sk
^m^aⁿ^a^g^e^m^eⁿ^t^planⁱⁿ^accordan^ce
^wⁱ^t^h^C^A^A^{§112(r)(7)(B)(i}ⁱ⁾^.
^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}
^an^yⁿ^e^w^l^y^o^p^e^r^a^tioⁿ^a^{l f}^acility^th^at
^h^aⁿ^d^{les at least th}^{e th}^r^e^sh^o^l^d
^q^u^an^tity^o^f^{a su}^b^s^tan^{ce o}^f^coⁿ^cerⁿ
^to^f^{ile a p}^e^titioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^f^o^{r a determ}ⁱⁿ^ation^on
^w^h^eth^e^r^th^{at f}^acility^sh^o^u^ld^b^e
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ce.
^[§3(h⁾^]
^A^u^th^ori^t^{y to}^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^Desigⁿ^a^t^{e Subst}^a^ncesⁱ^ssue^a^r^u^l^e^d^e^si^gna^tⁱ^{ng o}^r^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^{of Concern and}^ex^em^ptin^g^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^u^bs^tan^c^e^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^rat^o^{r, f}^o^{r t}^h^{e pu}^rpos^{e of}
^T^h^res^{hold Q}^u^antities^as^{a s}^u^bs^tan^{ce of}^con^cern^or^d^e^si^gna^tⁱ^{ng “hi}^{gh p}^rⁱ^o^rⁱ^t^y^”
^e^s^t^a^b^lⁱ^s^hi^{ng o}^r^r^e^vi^si^{ng t}^h^e^categ^o^r^{ies, to}^d^e^sigⁿ^a^{te b}^y^r^u^{le an}^y
^th^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity^{. I}ⁿ^ad^d^itioⁿ^a^{l su}^b^s^tan^{ce th}^{at, in}^a
^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^tⁱ^{ng suc}^h^r^u^l^e^s,^t^h^e^D^H^S^sp^ecifⁱ^ed^th^r^e^sh^o^l^d^q^u^an^tity^{, p}^o^s^es
^Secretary^m^u^s^t^con^s^{ider “}^t^h^e^{a s}^e^riou^s^th^{reat as}^{a “}^s^u^b^s^t^an^{ce of}
^p^o^t^en^{tial ex}^ten^t^o^f^d^eath^,ⁱⁿ^j^u^r^y^,^con^cern^.^{” [§5(d)]}

^{or s}^e^riou^s^adv^e^rs^{e ef}^f^ects^to
^h^u^m^an^h^ealth^an^d^saf^e^ty^o^r^th^e
^en^vⁱ^ron^m^en^{t an}^{d th}^{e poten}^tial
^im^p^{act o}ⁿⁿ^a^tioⁿ^a^{l secu}^r^ity^{, th}^e
^econ^o^m^y^{, or critical in}^f^r^as^tru^c^tu^re
^th^{at w}^o^u^l^d^r^e^su^{lt f}^r^o^m^{a ter}^r^o^r^ist
ⁱⁿ^ciden^tⁱⁿ^v^o^lvⁱⁿ^g^th^{e ch}^em^ical
^s^u^bs^tan^ce.”
^[§3(i⁾^]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Vulnera^bilit^y^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^each^owⁿ^e^{r or operator of}
^Asse^ssm^eⁿ^t^s^,^Sit^e^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns r}^e^q^uⁱ^rⁱⁿ^g^{a h}ⁱ^g^h^-^p^r^io^r^ity^f^acility^to^su^b^m^{it a}
^{Security Plans}^,^and^th^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operator of}^each^r^e^p^o^r^{t to}^th^{e DHS Secr}^etar^y^w^ithⁱⁿ
^E^m^{ergency Res}^p^ons^e^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce to con}^d^u^c^{t a}^{6 m}^oⁿ^t^h^s^of^t^h^{e dat}^e^on^w^hⁱ^c^h
^Plan^s^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, p}^r^ep^ar^e^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns a}^r^e^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^d^und^e^r
^an^{d im}^plem^en^{t a s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^{§5(c)(1). T}^h^{e report}^m^u^s^tⁱⁿ^cl^u^d^e
^plan^{, an}^{d prepare an}^{d im}^plem^en^t^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, an}
^an^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^or^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t of}^th^{e h}^azards^th^{at m}^a^y
^a^d^d^e^nd^um^t^o^aⁿ^e^xⁱ^s^tⁱ^{ng p}^l^aⁿ^.^res^u^{lt f}^r^om^{a crim}ⁱⁿ^{al releas}^{e; an}^d
^T^h^e^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns m}^u^st^b^e^rⁱ^sk-^{a prev}^en^tion^,^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^d
^bas^e^{d, perf}^orm^aⁿ^ce-^bas^e^d,^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^.
^f^l^ex^ib^{le, an}^dⁱⁿ^clu^d^e^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^con^s^ideration^of^th^{e criteria f}^o^rⁿ^o^tif^y^each^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce of}^an
^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^tin^g^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^elev^{ated th}^{reat if}^th^{e DHS}
^[^§³⁽^a)^]^,^co^{st, tech}ⁿⁱ^{cal f}^easib^ility^Secr^etar^y^,ⁱⁿ^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith
^an^{d s}^{cale of}^operation^s^.^{local law}^en^f^o^rcem^en^{t of}^fⁱ^cials^,
^A^u^t^h^ori^zes^cooperatⁱ^oⁿ^am^on^g^determⁱⁿ^es^th^{at a th}^{reat of}^a
^so^ur^c^e^s^o^p^e^r^a^tⁱ^{ng a}^t^c^o^ntⁱ^guo^us^ter^r^o^r^{ist attack}^ex^{ists th}^{at is b}^e^y^oⁿ^d
^lo^catioⁿ^s^{. Dir}^{ects th}^{e DHS}^th^{e sco}^p^e^o^f^{a su}^b^m^itted
^Secretary^{to s}^h^{are relev}^aⁿ^t^th^reat^prev^en^tion^,^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^d
ⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^w^ith^{state an}^d^lo^cal^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^of^on^{e or m}^o^re
^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^of^fⁱ^cials^an^{d w}^ith^an^sta^tio^na^r^y^so^ur^c^e^s^.
^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^{a ch}^emⁱ^cal^{[§5(c)(2) an}^{d §10(c)(1)]}
^s^o^u^r^{ce. Specif}ⁱ^es^con^t^en^{t of}
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^ts.
^[§4(a)]
^Co^nt^ent^o^f^Sit^e^R^e^qu^ires^th^{at each}^s^{ite s}^ecu^rity^R^e^qu^ires^th^{at each}^planⁱⁿ^corporate
^{Security Plans}^planⁱⁿ^{dicate th}^{e tier applicable to}^th^{e r}^e^su^{lts o}^f^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^an^d
^th^{e f}^acility^{; ad}^d^r^{ess r}ⁱ^sk^s^h^{azard as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^ts^{. R}^e^qu^ired
^id^en^tif^iedⁱⁿ^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^r^e^p^o^r^{ts to}^{DHS also}^m^u^{st in}^clu^d^{e a}
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^{t; a}^d^d^r^e^{ss a}^p^p^r^o^p^r^ia^te^s^t^atem^en^{t as}^{to h}^o^w^th^{e plan}^m^eets
^s^ecu^rity^perf^orm^aⁿ^{ce s}^t^an^dards^;^th^{e r}^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^th^{e r}^e^g^u^l^atioⁿ^s^;
ⁱⁿ^clu^d^{e s}^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^{a s}^t^atem^en^{t as}^{to h}^o^w^th^e
^ap^p^r^o^p^r^{iate to}^th^{e tier}^lev^e^{l th}^at^prev^en^tion^plan^m^eets^th^{e g}^eⁿ^e^ral
^ar^{e “}^s^u^f^fⁱ^cien^{t to}^d^e^ter^,^to^th^e^du^t^y^requⁱ^r^em^en^t^s^of^§4;^a
^m^a^xⁱ^m^u^m^ex^ten^t^{practicable, a}^di^s^c^u^s^sⁱ^on^of^t^h^{e con}^sⁱ^d^eratⁱ^oⁿ^of
^ter^r^o^r^{ist in}^cid^eⁿ^t^o^r^{a su}^b^s^tan^tial^th^{e elem}^en^ts^of^“^d^es^igⁿ^,^operation^,
^th^{reat of}^s^u^ch^anⁱⁿ^ciden^t;”^an^d^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities,”}
ⁱⁿ^clu^d^{e s}^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^toⁱⁿ^clu^dⁱⁿ^g^th^{e p}^r^acticab^ility^o^f
^m^itig^{ate th}^{e co}ⁿ^s^eq^u^eⁿ^{ces o}^f^a^im^plem^en^tin^g^each^elem^en^{t; an}^{d a}
^ter^r^o^r^{ist in}^cid^eⁿ^{t; in}^cr^ease^s^t^atem^en^{t des}^c^ribin^g^h^o^w^an^{d w}^h^en
^secu^r^ity^o^f^au^to^m^a^ted^sy^stem^s;^em^ploy^ees^an^{d em}^ploy^ee
^d^e^sc^rⁱ^b^e^c^o^ntⁱ^nge^nc^y^p^l^aⁿ^{s fo}^r^t^h^e^repres^en^tativ^es^w^e^{re con}^s^u^lted.
^f^acility^{; id}^en^tif^y^r^o^{les an}^d^[§5(c)(2)]

^r^e^sp^oⁿ^sib^{ilities o}^f^em^p^l^o^y^ees;
^id^en^tif^y^step^{s tak}^eⁿ^to^co^o^r^dⁱⁿ^a^te
^wⁱ^t^h^go^ve^rⁿ^m^e^nt^o^ffi^cⁱ^a^l^s;
^d^e^scrⁱ^b^e^tr^ainⁱⁿ^g^,^d^r^{ills, ex}^er^cises,
^an^{d s}^ecu^rity^action^s^{; an}^{d des}^c^ribe
^s^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^th^{at w}^o^u^l^{d be}
^im^p^l^em^en^tedⁱⁿ^r^e^sp^oⁿ^{se to}^an
^{order u}ⁿ^d^{er §7 in}^th^{e ev}^en^{t th}^at
^h^e^ig^h^t^en^{ed s}^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es
^becam^{e n}^eces^s^a^ry^f^o^{r a particu}^l^ar
^f^acility^.
^[§4(a)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Co^{ntents o}^f^R^e^qu^ires^th^{at an}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^E^m^{ergency Res}^p^ons^e^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^addres^s^t^h^e
^Plan^s^con^s^equ^eⁿ^ces^of^{a terroris}^t
ⁱⁿ^cid^eⁿ^t^id^en^tif^iedⁱⁿ^th^e
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t; is}
^coⁿ^s^isten^t^w^ith^th^{e site secu}^r^ity
^p^l^an^{; an}^d^id^en^tif^{ies th}^{e r}^o^{les an}^d
^r^e^sp^oⁿ^sib^{ilities o}^f^em^p^l^o^y^ees.
^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^pl^an^s^t^o^{be m}^odi^fⁱ^ed
^ve^r^sⁱ^o^{ns o}^f^p^l^aⁿ^{s t}^h^a^t^ha^ve^b^e^eⁿ
^f^e^deral^l^y^approv^{ed or cert}ⁱ^fⁱ^e^d
^an^{d th}^{at are in}^ef^f^{ect on}^th^{e date}
^o^f^en^actm^eⁿ^t^{, if}^coⁿ^s^isten^t^w^ith
^g^uⁱ^dan^{ce prov}ⁱ^d^{ed by}^t^h^e
^Natioⁿ^a^{l Resp}^oⁿ^{se T}^eam⁽^N^RT⁾
^estab^lish^e^d^uⁿ^d^er^th^{e Natio}ⁿ^a^l⁵
^Co^ntⁱ^nge^nc^y^P^l^aⁿ^.^Ifⁿ^o^plan
^ex^{ists, th}^en^th^{e o}^wⁿ^e^r^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^to^r
ⁱ^s^requⁱ^r^{ed t}^o^dev^e^l^{op on}^{e by}
^f^o^l^l^o^wⁱⁿ^g^g^uⁱ^dan^{ce prov}ⁱ^d^{ed by}
^th^{e NR}^T^.^Directs^owⁿ^e^rs^or
^operators^{to place s}^ecu^rity
ⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿⁱⁿ^an^ad^d^eⁿ^d^u^m^to
^th^{e plan}^{, if}ⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^{, to protect it}
^f^r^om^pu^blⁱ^c^di^s^c^l^o^s^u^re.
^[§4(a)]
^Self^-^C^ert^if^ica^t^io^{n a}ⁿ^d^Wi^t^hⁱⁿ^{6 m}^oⁿ^t^h^s^of^prom^u^l^g^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.

^Subm^issioⁿ^o^f^r^u^{les r}^e^q^u^irⁱⁿ^g^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^ts,^site^se^c^u^r^ity^p^l^aⁿ^s,
^an^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^s^,
^each^owⁿ^e^{r or operator of}^a
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce m}^u^s^t^certif^yⁱⁿ
^w^r^itin^g^{to th}^{e DHS Secretary}^th^at
^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t h}^a^s
^been^com^p^{leted an}^{d a s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity
^plan^an^{d an}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e
^pl^an^h^a^v^e^been^dev^e^l^{oped an}^d
ⁱ^m^pl^em^en^t^e^{d, an}^{d m}^u^s^t^s^u^bmⁱ^t
^co^pⁱ^{es o}^f^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t an}^{d plan}^s^{to th}^{e DHS}
^Secretary^.
^[§4(b)]
⁵ The National Contingency Plan (NCP) and the National Response Team (NRT) are
established by EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard under the authority of Section 105 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also
known as Superfund, 42 U.S.C. 9605). The purpose of the NCP and NRT is to coordinate
cleanup of releases of hazardous substances or oil.

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^R^e^vi^ew^an^d^A^p^p^r^oval^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^{by the DHS Secretary}^w^ithⁱⁿ⁵^y^ear^{s o}^f^th^{e p}^r^o^m^u^l^g^a^tioⁿ^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^o^f^Repo^rt^{s Subm}^it^t^e^d^o^f^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts f}^o^r^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^{rator, to rev}ⁱ^ew^each
^by^Co^v^{ered Fa}^cilities^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t an}^{d s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^an^d^r^e^p^o^r^{t su}^b^m^itted^to^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^e
^e^m^e^r^ge^nc^y^r^e^sp^oⁿ^se^p^l^aⁿⁿⁱ^ng,^t^o^w^h^eth^e^{r th}^{e s}^o^u^r^{ce cov}^e^{red by}^th^e
^r^e^vⁱ^ew^su^b^m^itted^d^o^c^u^m^en^{ts to}^r^e^p^o^r^{t is in}^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith
^determⁱⁿ^{e w}^h^eth^e^{r th}^ey^com^p^ly^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns p}^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^d^und^e^r
^w^ith^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts p}^r^o^m^u^l^g^a^ted^{§5(c)(1). R}^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS}
^uⁿ^d^{er §4(a). A}^u^th^orizes^Secretary^,^af^{ter con}^s^u^ltation^w^ith
^sub^s^e^q^ue^nt^r^e^vi^e^w^{s o}ⁿ^a^sc^he^d^u^l^e^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^toⁿ^o^tif^y
^to^b^e^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^ed^b^y^th^{e DHS}^th^{e s}^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce an}^{d to}
^Secretary^.^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS}^prov^{ide adv}ⁱ^{ce an}^{d tech}ⁿⁱ^cal
^Secretary^{to prov}^{ide th}^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or}^as^sⁱ^s^t^an^{ce to th}^{e s}^o^u^r^{ce, if}^th^{e DHS}
^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^w^r^ittenⁿ^o^{tice r}^e^g^a^r^dⁱⁿ^g^Secretary^determⁱⁿ^es^{, in}
^{DHS d}^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^atioⁿ^o^f^co^m^p^lian^c^e^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^{or n}^oⁿ^c^om^plⁱ^aⁿ^{ce of}^t^h^e^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^th^{at a r}^e^p^o^r^{t d}^o^e^s
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, secu}^r^ityⁿ^o^{t co}^m^p^ly^{, a th}^r^{eat ex}^{ists th}^{at is}
^an^d^em^er^g^eⁿ^c^y^p^l^an^{s, an}^d^f^acility^bey^oⁿ^d^t^h^{e s}^c^{ope of}^t^h^{e pl}^an
^im^p^l^em^en^tatioⁿ^.^{DHS is}^su^b^m^itted^,^o^r^th^{e im}^p^l^em^en^tatioⁿ
^prohⁱ^bⁱ^t^e^{d f}^r^om^di^s^a^pprovⁱⁿ^g^a^of^th^{e plan}^isⁱⁿ^s^u^f^fⁱ^cien^t.
^sⁱ^t^e^s^ecu^ri^t^y^pl^an^bas^e^{d on}^t^h^e^{[§6(a) an}^{d (d)]}
^pres^en^{ce or abs}^eⁿ^{ce of}^a
^particu^l^{ar s}^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^{e, if}^th^e
^plan^s^a^tis^fⁱ^es^th^{e perf}^orm^aⁿ^c^e
^stan^d^a^r^d^{s estab}^lish^e^d^f^o^r^th^e
^ap^p^licab^{le tier}^.^I^f^{a n}^o^tice
ⁱⁿ^di^cat^es^di^s^a^pprov^al^{, t}^h^{e n}^o^tⁱ^c^e
^m^u^s^tⁱⁿ^clu^d^{e a clear ex}^plan^ation
^of^defⁱ^cien^cies^{, an}^{d DHS m}^u^s^t
^coⁿ^s^u^{lt w}^ith^th^{e o}^wⁿ^e^r^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^to^r
^to^id^en^tif^y^step^{s to}^ach^iev^e
^com^p^lian^{ce. [§4(c)]}
^{Schedule f}^o^{r Rev}ⁱ^ew^W^ithⁱⁿ⁹^m^oⁿ^t^h^s^o^f^th^e^W^ithⁱⁿ²^y^ear^{s o}^f^th^{e d}^a^{te o}ⁿ^w^h^ich
^an^d^A^p^p^r^oval^of^prom^u^l^g^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^of^requⁱ^r^em^en^t^s^f^o^r^report^s^{are requ}ⁱ^r^{ed t}^o^be
^Repo^rt^{s by}^Fa^cilit^ies^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t an}^d^site^su^b^m^itted^uⁿ^d^er^§⁵⁽^c)⁽²⁾^,^r^e^q^u^ir^es
^{in Higher-ris}^k^Tⁱ^ers^s^ecu^rity^an^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{to com}^p^lete
^p^l^aⁿⁿⁱ^ng,^r^e^q^uⁱ^r^e^s^t^h^e^D^H^S^revⁱ^ew^an^{d certif}^ication^of^all
^Secretary^{to con}^d^u^c^{t a prelim}ⁱⁿ^ary^r^e^p^o^r^{ts su}^b^m^itted^b^y^hⁱ^g^h^-^p^r^io^r^ity
^r^e^vⁱ^ew^o^f^hⁱ^g^h^e^r^-^rⁱ^sk^f^{acilities an}^d^statioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^{ces. W}^ithⁱⁿ⁶
^prov^{ide n}^o^{tice an}^{d com}^p^lian^c^e^m^oⁿ^t^h^s^of^t^h^{e dat}^e^on^w^hⁱ^c^h
^as^sⁱ^s^t^an^{ce t}^o^owⁿ^e^rs^{or operat}^o^rs^report^s^{are requ}ⁱ^r^{ed t}^o^be
^if^th^{eir as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t or plan}^m^a^y^su^b^m^itted^uⁿ^d^er^§⁵⁽^c)⁽²⁾^,^r^e^q^u^ir^es
ⁿ^o^t^{be approv}^{ed. Wi}^t^hⁱⁿ^on^{e y}^ear^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{to rev}ⁱ^ew
^of^t^h^{e prom}^u^l^g^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^of^reports^an^{d certif}^y^com^p^lian^{ce of}
^requ^irem^en^ts^f^o^{r as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^ts^an^d^t^h^{e 600 h}ⁱ^g^h^e^s^t^pri^o^ri^t^y^s^t^atⁱ^oⁿ^a^ry
^plan^s^,^requ^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^s^o^u^r^ces^.
^t^o^{(1) rev}ⁱ^ew^an^{d approv}^e,^[§6(c)]

^di^s^a^pprov^{e, or m}^odi^f^y^a
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{, an}^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^r^e^sp^oⁿ^{se p}^l^an^su^b^m^itted^b^y^a
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce in}^{a h}ⁱ^g^h^e^r-^ris^k
^tier^;^an^d²⁾^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^{e w}^h^eth^e^r^th^e
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce is}^operatin^gⁱⁿ
^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^th^{e su}^b^m^itted
^s^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^an^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^{. [§4(c)]}

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Certificate of}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^Co^m^p^lia^nce^is^s^u^{e a certif}^{icate of}^approv^{al f}^o^r^certif^y^each^com^p^lian^c^e
^f^{acilities in}^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^th^e^determⁱⁿ^ation^f^o^{r each}^“^h^ig^h^e^r
^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^th^{is A}^c^t.^priority^{” s}^o^u^r^{ce, an}^{d to in}^clu^d^{e a}
^[§9(b)(2)]^ch^eck^{list in}^dⁱ^catin^g^th^e
^con^s^ideration^by^th^{e s}^o^u^r^{ce of}^th^e
^u^s^{e of}^elem^en^ts^of^“^d^es^igⁿ^,
^o^p^e^r^a^tioⁿ^,^an^d^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e
^f^{acilities.”}
^[§6(b)]
^Aut^h^o^r^it^y^t^o^Issue^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^Orders^forⁱ^s^s^u^{e an}^{order requ}ⁱ^rⁱⁿ^g^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^No^nco^m^plia^nce^cer^tif^icatioⁿ^an^d^su^b^m^issioⁿ^{, if}^an^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^to^issu^{e an}^o^r^d^e^r
^o^wⁿ^e^r^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^f^a^{ils to}^cer^tif^y^r^e^q^u^irⁱⁿ^g^co^m^p^lian^{ce b}^y^th^{e o}^wⁿ^e^r
^o^r^to^su^b^m^{it a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^{or operat}^o^{r of}^{a s}^t^atⁱ^oⁿ^a^ry^s^o^u^r^ce
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^t,^site^se^c^u^r^ity^p^l^aⁿ^,^o^r³⁰^d^a^y^s^af^ter^th^{e d}^a^{te o}ⁿ^w^h^ich^th^e
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^{. Directs}^{DHS Secretary}^fⁱ^rs^{t prov}^ided
^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{to is}^s^u^{e an}^as^sⁱ^s^t^an^{ce, or t}^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^r
^{order requ}ⁱ^rⁱⁿ^g^correctⁱ^oⁿ^of^receiv^e^{d n}^o^{tice reg}^a^rdin^g^a
^s^p^ecifⁱ^{ed def}ⁱ^cien^cies^if^th^{e ow}ⁿ^e^r^defⁱ^ci^en^t^report^uⁿ^d^{er §6(d)(2),}
^{or operat}^o^{r does}ⁿ^o^t^achⁱ^e^v^e^w^h^ich^e^v^e^r^{is later}^.^Aⁿ^o^r^d^e^r^m^a^y
^com^p^lian^{ce by}^{a date to be}^{be is}^s^u^{ed on}^ly^af^{ter s}^u^chⁿ^o^{tice an}^d
^determⁱⁿ^{ed by}^th^{e DHS Secretary}^.^an^opport^uⁿⁱ^t^y^f^o^{r a h}^eariⁿ^g^.
^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^[§10(a)]
^is^s^u^{e an}^{order f}^o^{r a ch}^em^ical
^s^o^u^r^{ce to ceas}^{e operation}^,^if^th^e
^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r con}^tⁱⁿ^u^e^s^t^o^be
ⁱⁿⁿ^oⁿ^c^o^m^p^lian^{ce af}^ter^an^o^r^d^e^r^to
^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts h}^a^s
^been^is^s^u^ed.
^[§4(b)-⁽^c)]
^A^u^th^ori^t^{y to C}^l^os^e^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^,^b^u^{t see}
^No^n-^co^m^p^lia^nt^is^s^u^{e an}^{order to a ch}^em^ical^“^H^eig^h^t^en^{ed Secu}^rity^Meas^u^r^es^”
^Fa^cilit^{ies in H}ⁱ^g^h^er-^so^ur^c^eⁱⁿ^a^hi^ghe^r^rⁱ^{sk t}ⁱ^e^r^t^o^bel^o^w^.

^Ris^k^Tⁱ^ers^ceas^{e operation}^,^if^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^dis^a^pprov^es^its
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{, or em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^{or det}^e^rmⁱⁿ^es^t^h^at^a
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce is}ⁿ^o^{t operatin}^g
ⁱⁿ^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^{its site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{or em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^.
^[§4(c)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Heightened Security}^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^If^th^{e DHS Secretary}^h^a^sⁿ^o^tif^{ied a}
^M^e^as^uresⁱ^s^s^u^{e an}^{order t}^o^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or}^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce th}^{at a th}^{reat of}^a
^{operator of}^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ce^ter^r^o^r^{ist attack}^ex^{ists th}^{at is b}^e^y^oⁿ^d
^m^aⁿ^d^atin^g^s^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^th^{e sco}^p^e^o^f^{a su}^b^m^itted
^sp^ecifⁱ^edⁱⁿ^r^u^{les p}^r^o^m^u^l^g^a^ted^prev^en^tion^,^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^d
^uⁿ^d^{er §4(a), if}^th^{e DHS Secretary}^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^of^on^{e or m}^o^re
^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^{es th}^{at ad}^d^itioⁿ^a^{l secu}^r^ity^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^ces^{, or th}^{at cu}^rren^t
^m^eas^u^r^es^{are n}^eces^s^a^ry^{to res}^pon^d^im^p^l^em^en^tatioⁿ^o^f^th^{e p}^l^an^is
^{to a th}^{reat. Orders}^m^a^y^beⁱⁿ^s^u^f^fⁱ^cien^{t, an}^{d th}^{e res}^pon^s^e^by^a
^ef^f^ectⁱ^v^{e f}^o^{r u}^p^t^o^{90 day}^s^{, or}^sta^tio^na^r^y^so^ur^c^e^to^suc^h
^lon^g^e^{r if}^th^{e DHS Secretary}^f^ilesⁿ^o^tif^icatioⁿ^{is in}^su^f^fⁱ^cien^{t, th}^{e DHS}
^an^actionⁱⁿ^{a U.S. dis}^t^{rict cou}^r^t^Secr^etar^y^{is r}^e^q^u^ir^ed^toⁿ^o^tif^y^th^e
^an^{d th}^{e cou}^r^{t au}^th^orizes^an^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce, th}^{e EP}^A
^ex^ten^s^ioⁿ^.^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^an^d^th^{e A}^tto^rⁿ^ey
^[§7]^Gen^e^{ral. A}^f^{ter th}^{e DHS Secretary}
^prov^ides^s^u^chⁿ^o^{tice, th}^{e DHS}
^Secretary^{or th}^{e A}^ttorn^ey^Gen^e^ral
^m^a^y^s^ecu^{re s}^u^ch^relief^as^is
ⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^{to abate a th}^reat,
ⁱⁿ^clu^dⁱⁿ^g^an^{order to ceas}^e
^operatⁱ^oⁿ^an^{d s}^u^ch^ot^h^e^{r orders}^as
^{are n}^eces^s^a^ry^{to protect pu}^blic
^h^ealth^{or w}^e^lf^{are. P}^r^ov^ides^dis^t^rict
^co^u^r^{ts w}^ith^th^{e j}^u^rⁱ^sd^ictioⁿ^to^g^r^an^t
^su^ch^r^e^lief^.
^[§10(c)(2)]
^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.^A^u^th^o^r^{izes [}^b^y^r^e^f^e^r^eⁿ^{ce to}^th^e
^C^A^A^{§112(r)(9)] j}^u^di^ci^al^relⁱ^e^fⁱⁿ
^th^{e cas}^{e of}^an^im^mⁱⁿ^eⁿ^t^dan^g^e^{r to}
^p^u^b^{lic h}^ealth^.
^[§9(a)]
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^ioⁿ^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^clearinghous^e^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^to^estab^lish^an
ⁱⁿ^fo^r^m^a^tⁱ^o^{n c}^l^e^a^rⁱ^ngho^use^t^o^a^ssi^st
^statioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^{ces in}^co^m^p^lyⁱⁿ^g
^w^ith^th^{is A}^c^{t th}^{at in}^clu^d^es
^“^s^{calable bes}^t^practices^{” f}^o^{r IST}
^an^{d ot}^h^e^{r act}ⁱ^oⁿ^s^.
^[§13]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Subm^issioⁿ^{s a}ⁿ^d^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^owⁿ^e^rs^{or operat}^o^rs^of^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.

^Cert^if^ica^t^io^{n o}^f^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^{to n}^o^tif^y^th^e
^C^h^an^ges^A^f^fectiⁿ^{g th}^e^{DHS Secr}^etar^yⁱⁿ^w^r^itin^g^w^ithⁱⁿ
^{Security of a Chem}^ical^{60 day}^s^of^an^y^ch^an^g^e^t^o^a
^Source^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce th}^{at w}^o^u^l^{d h}^a^v^e^a
^“^m^ater^ially^d^e^tr^im^en^{tal ef}^f^{ect” o}ⁿ
^{its secu}^r^ity^{. Req}^u^ir^{es o}^wⁿ^e^r^s^an^d
^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^s^to^cer^tif^y^to^th^e
^Secretary^th^{at th}^ey^h^a^v^e^revⁱ^ew^ed
^an^{d im}^plem^en^{ted n}^eces^s^a^ry
^m^o^dⁱ^fⁱ^catioⁿ^s^to^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^t,^site^se^c^u^r^ity^p^l^aⁿ^,^o^r
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^.
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^p^r^o^v^id^{e w}^r^ittenⁿ^o^{tice to}^th^e
^o^wⁿ^e^r^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^if^ad^d^itioⁿ^a^l
^m^o^dⁱ^fⁱ^catioⁿ^o^f^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^t,^site^se^c^u^r^ity^p^l^aⁿ^,^o^r
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^is
^requⁱ^r^{ed. R}^e^quⁱ^r^es^owⁿ^e^rs^or
^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^s^to^en^su^r^e^tem^p^o^r^ar^y
^s^ecu^rity^m^eas^u^r^es^are
ⁱ^m^pl^em^en^t^e^{d bef}^o^{re t}^h^{e m}^odi^fⁱ^ed
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{, or em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^anⁱ^sⁱ^m^pl^em^en^t^e^d.
^[§4(d)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Fa^cilit^{ies Reg}^u^la^t^e^d^Req^u^ir^{es a f}^acility^r^e^g^u^l^ated^uⁿ^d^er^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^{under Other Federal}^th^{e Mar}^itim^{e T}^r^an^sp^o^r^tatioⁿ^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^La^w^s^Secu^r^ity^A^c^{t (}^M^T^S^A⁾^to^co^m^p^ly^A^d^miⁿⁱ^s^t^r^a^t^o^r^,^t^o^miⁿⁱ^mi^z^e
^w^ith^th^{e Ch}^em^{ical Facility}^Aⁿ^ti-^d^u^p^licatioⁿ^o^f^th^{e r}^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts f}^o^r
^T^e^rrori^s^m^A^c^t^by^m^odi^f^yⁱⁿ^g^an^d^rⁱ^{sk a}^sse^ssm^eⁿ^{ts a}ⁿ^d^r^e^sp^oⁿ^se
^su^b^m^ittin^g^to^th^{e Mar}^itim^e^plan^s^uⁿ^d^{er th}^{e MT}^SA^.
^S^ecu^ri^t^y^C^oordiⁿ^a^t^o^{r an}^{d t}^h^e
^{DHS Secr}^etar^y^{its f}^acility^secu^r^ity
^assessm^en^{t an}^d^f^acility^secu^r^ity
^pl^an^{. Modi}^fⁱ^catⁱ^oⁿ^s^s^h^ou^l^d
^en^su^r^e^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^th^e
^s^ecu^rity^perf^orm^aⁿ^{ce s}^t^an^dards^of
^th^{e tier applicable to th}^{e ch}^em^ical
^s^o^u^r^{ce u}ⁿ^d^{er th}^{e C}^h^em^ical
^Facility^Aⁿ^ti-^T^e^r^r^o^r^ism^A^c^t.
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e Fed}^e^r^a^l
^Mar^itim^{e Secu}^r^ity^Co^o^r^dⁱⁿ^a^to^r^,^to
^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^{e w}^h^eth^e^r^su^ch^f^acility
^s^ecu^rity^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t an}^{d plan}^m^eet
^th^{e s}^ecu^rity^perf^orm^aⁿ^c^e
^s^t^an^dards^es^t^a^blⁱ^s^h^e^{d by}^t^h^{e D}^H^S
^Secretary^.^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^{to im}^plem^en^{t th}^is^A^c^t
^an^d^th^{e MT}^SAⁱⁿ^“^a^{s co}ⁿ^s^isten^t
^an^{d in}^teg^r^{ated m}^aⁿⁿ^e^{r as}
^pos^sⁱ^{ble,” an}^{d to en}^s^u^re
^coordiⁿ^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^bet^w^een^t^h^{e D}^H^S
^Un^{der Secretary}^f^o^{r P}^r^eparedn^e^s^s
^an^{d th}^{e C}^o^as^{t Gu}^ard
^C^o^mmaⁿ^d^aⁿ^t^.
^[§4(e)]
^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^A^d^miⁿⁱ^s^t^r^a^t^o^r^,^t^o^miⁿⁱ^mi^z^e
^d^u^p^licatioⁿ^o^f^th^{e r}^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts f}^o^r
^rⁱ^{sk a}^sse^ssm^eⁿ^{ts a}ⁿ^d^r^e^sp^oⁿ^se
^plan^s^uⁿ^d^{er th}^{e C}^A^A^an^{d oth}^e^r
^f^e^d^e^r^a^{l law}^.
^[§15(a)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Alternative Security}^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Program^s^coⁿ^s^id^er^{a p}^e^titioⁿ^su^b^m^itted^b^y
^an^y^pers^on^t^h^at^des^c^ri^bes^al^t^e^rn^at^e
^s^ecu^ri^t^y^procedu^r^es^{, prot}^ocol^s^,
^an^{d s}^t^an^dards^es^t^a^blⁱ^s^h^e^{d by}^an
ⁱⁿ^d^u^str^y^en^tity^{, g}^o^v^e^rⁿ^m^eⁿ^t
^au^th^o^r^ity^{, o}^r^o^t^h^e^r^law^an^d^th^e
^s^c^{ope of}^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^to
^w^h^ich^{it w}^o^u^l^d^ap^p^l^y^.^A^u^th^o^r^izes
^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{to determ}ⁱⁿ^e
^(by^ru^l^e^{, reg}^u^l^atⁱ^oⁿ^,^{or order)}
^w^h^eth^e^{r th}^{e altern}^ativ^{e s}^ecu^rity
^prog^ram^m^eet^s^al^l^prom^u^l^g^a^t^e^d
^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts f}^o^r^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, s}^ecu^rity^plan^{, an}^d
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^{. If}^th^e
^{DHS Secretary}^determⁱⁿ^es^th^{at all}
^requ^irem^en^ts^{are m}^e^{t, th}^{e DHS}
^Secr^etar^y^{is r}^e^q^u^ir^ed^toⁿ^o^tif^y^th^e
^p^e^titioⁿ^e^r^th^{at an}^y^ch^em^ical
^s^o^u^r^{ce cov}^e^{red by}^t^h^at^prog^ram
^m^a^y^sub^m^{it a}ⁿ^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^{t o}^r^p^l^aⁿ
^{prepared u}ⁿ^d^{er th}^{at prog}^ram
^w^ith^o^u^{t r}^e^vⁱ^sioⁿ^{. A}^u^th^o^r^{izes th}^e
^{DHS Secretary}^{to s}^p^ecif^y^(by^ru^le,
^reg^u^l^atⁱ^oⁿ^,^{or order) w}^h^at
^m^odi^fⁱ^catⁱ^oⁿ^s^w^o^u^l^{d be n}^eces^s^a^ry
^t^o^m^eet^prom^u^l^g^a^t^e^d
^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts. A}^llo^w^s^an^o^wⁿ^e^r^o^r
^operat^o^{r cov}^e^{red by}^t^h^{e prog}^ram
^to^su^b^m^{it an}^alterⁿ^ativ^e
^assessm^en^{t o}^r^p^l^an^w^ith^th^e
^s^p^ecifⁱ^{ed m}^odifⁱ^cation^s^.
^[§4(f⁾^]
^Up^d^a^tes^to^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^a
^Vulnera^bilit^y^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce to rev}ⁱ^ew^th^e^hi^{gh p}^rⁱ^o^rⁱ^t^y^st^a^tⁱ^o^na^r^y^so^ur^c^e^,
^Asse^ssm^eⁿ^t^s^,^Sit^e^ad^eq^u^acy^o^f^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^w^ithⁱⁿ³^y^ear^{s af}^ter^th^{e d}^a^{te o}^f
^{Security Plans}^,^and^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^{, an}^d^s^u^bmⁱ^s^sⁱ^on^of^t^h^{e f}ⁱ^rs^t^report^an^d
^E^m^{ergency Res}^p^ons^e^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^on^a^ev^ery^{2 y}^ears^th^ereaf^{ter, to rev}ⁱ^ew
^Plan^s^sch^e^d^u^{le to}^b^e^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^ed^b^y^th^e^th^{e adequ}^acy^of^th^{e report, certif}^y
^{DHS Secretary}^,^an^{d to certif}^y^to^th^{at th}^{e r}^e^vⁱ^ew^{is co}^m^p^{lete, an}^d
^th^{e DHS Secretary}^th^{at th}^e^s^u^bm^{it to th}^{e DHS Secretary}^an^y
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce h}^a^s^com^p^leted^ch^an^g^e^s^{to th}^{e as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t or plan}^.
^th^{e rev}ⁱ^ew^an^{d im}^plem^en^{ted an}^y^[§6(e)]

ⁿ^{eeded m}^odifⁱ^cation^s^{. For a}
^f^acilityⁱⁿ^{a h}ⁱ^g^h^e^r^-^rⁱ^sk^tier^,
^requ^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^estab^lish^{a tim}^elin^{e th}^{at r}^e^q^u^ir^es
^revⁱ^ew^w^ithⁱⁿ^on^{e y}^{ear of}^th^{e date}
^of^approv^al^of^t^h^{e prev}ⁱ^o^u^s
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{, an}^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^{, an}^{d n}^o^t^l^e^s^s^of^t^eⁿ
^th^an^ev^ery^{3 y}^ears^th^ereaf^{ter. For}
^{a f}^acilityⁱⁿ^an^y^o^t^h^e^r^tier^,^r^e^vⁱ^ew
^m^u^s^t^{be requ}^{ired at leas}^{t ev}^ery⁵
^y^ears^.
^[§4(g⁾^]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Record Keeping, Site}^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r t}^o^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r t}^o
^Inspe^c^t^io^ns,^aⁿ^d^k^eep^{a co}^p^y^o^f^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^k^{eep at th}^{e s}^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce copies}
^Prod^u^c^ti^on^of^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^{, an}^d^o^f^an^y^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^t,
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^ioⁿ^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^f^o^{r 5}^h^{azard as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, or prev}^en^tion^,
^y^ear^{s af}^ter^th^{e d}^a^{te o}ⁿ^w^h^ich^it^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^{d res}^pon^s^e^plan
^w^a^s^approv^{ed by}^t^h^{e D}^H^S^requⁱ^r^{ed u}ⁿ^d^{er §5(c)(2). Prov}ⁱ^d^es
^Secretary^.^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS}^{to th}^{e DHS Secretary}^an^{d EP}^A
^Secretary^{to requ}^{ire s}^u^bm^is^sⁱ^on^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^rat^o^{r, f}^o^{r pu}^rpos^es^of
^of^{, or s}^eek^acces^s^{to an}^{d copy}^,^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿⁱⁿ^g^co^m^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^th^is
^an^y^requⁱ^r^{ed copy}^of^a^A^c^{t, au}^th^o^r^ity^th^{at is p}^r^o^v^id^ed^to
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t, site}^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^b^y^th^{e CA}^A
^s^ecu^rity^plan^{, or em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^{§112(r)(7), §112(r)(9), or §114.}
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^{or an}^y^In^clu^d^es^au^th^ority^{to requ}^{ire an}
^docu^m^en^t^a^tⁱ^oⁿⁿ^{eeded t}^o^s^u^pport^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r t}^o^{prepare an}^d
^suc^h^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^{t o}^r^p^l^aⁿ^o^r^to^s^u^bm^{it h}^{azard as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, ris}^k
^d^e^m^oⁿ^s^tr^{ate im}^p^l^em^en^tatioⁿ^o^f^m^a^na^ge^m^e^nt^p^l^aⁿ^s,^o^r^e^m^e^r^ge^nc^y
^suc^h^.^r^e^sp^oⁿ^{se p}^l^an^{s; to}^estab^lish^an^d
^m^aⁱⁿ^tain^r^eco^r^d^{s; m}^a^k^e^r^e^p^o^r^ts;
^su^b^m^{it co}^m^p^lian^{ce cer}^tif^icatioⁿ^s^;
^o^r^p^r^o^v^id^{e in}^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^.
^P^r^ov^ides^th^{e DHS Secretary}^w^ith^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^an^d
^{a rig}^h^t^of^en^try^{to th}^{e prem}^is^es^of^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^to^en^ter
^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce an}^{d an}^y^oth^e^r^prem^is^es^an^{d h}^a^v^e^acces^s^{to an}^d
^prem^is^es^on^w^h^ich^an^y^requ^ired^copy^records^.
^co^p^y^o^f^{a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^a^sse^ssm^eⁿ^t,^site^se^c^u^r^ity^p^l^aⁿ^,^o^r
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^plan^is
^located.
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^an^{d th}^e
^con^d^u^c^{t, or requ}^{ire th}^{e con}^d^u^c^t^EP^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^to^estab^lish^a
^o^f^{, f}^acility^secu^r^ity^au^d^{its an}^d^p^r^o^g^r^a^m^t^o^c^o^nd^uc^t^r^e^gul^a^r
ⁱⁿ^s^p^ection^s^{to en}^s^u^{re an}^{d ev}^alu^a^teⁱⁿ^sp^ectioⁿ^s^{. Req}^u^ir^{es at least 2}⁵^%
^com^p^lian^{ce w}^ith^th^{e C}^h^em^ical^o^fⁱⁿ^sp^ectioⁿ^s^to^o^ccu^r^w^ith^o^u^t
^Facility^Aⁿ^ti-^T^e^r^r^o^r^ism^A^c^{t. [}^§⁵^]^p^r^io^rⁿ^o^{tice to}^th^{e f}^acility^o^wⁿ^e^r^o^r
^operat^o^r.
^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.^W^h^enⁿ^o^{tice is p}^r^o^v^id^ed^{, th}^{e DHS}
^Secretary^{or th}^{e EP}^A
^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^m^u^{st in}^f^o^r^m^th^e
^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r t}^h^at^pu^blⁱ^c
^p^o^s^tin^g^o^f^th^{at n}^o^{tice is r}^e^q^u^ir^ed^.
^W^h^en^con^d^u^c^tin^g^anⁱⁿ^s^p^ection^,^an
^of^fⁱ^{cial m}^u^s^tⁱⁿ^s^t^ru^{ct th}^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or}
^operat^o^{r t}^o^af^f^o^{rd opport}^uⁿⁱ^t^y^t^o
^p^a^r^ticip^{ate in}^th^{e in}^sp^ectioⁿ^to^an^y
^em^ploy^{ee. Of}^fⁱ^{cial ex}^plan^ation^s^of
^t^h^{e pu}^rpos^{e, s}^c^{ope, procedu}^r^es^,
^prog^res^s^,^{or ou}^t^c^om^{e of}^an
ⁱⁿ^sp^ectioⁿ^o^rⁱⁿ^v^e^stig^atioⁿ^m^u^{st b}^e
^s^h^{ared w}^ith^s^u^ch^em^ploy^ees^.
^A^u^th^o^r^{izes o}^f^fⁱ^{cials to}ⁱⁿ^ter^v^iew
^an^y^pers^on^{at th}^{e s}^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^ce
^asⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^.
^[§9]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Audits^{for Higher-}^R^e^qu^ires^{DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Ris^k^Tⁱ^ers^coⁿ^d^u^c^{t an}^au^d^{it o}^rⁱⁿ^sp^ectioⁿ^o^f
^{each higher}^-^rⁱ^{sk f}^acility^annually^.
^A^u^th^orizes^ex^em^ption^s^f^o^r
^p^a^r^ticu^l^ar^f^{acilities if}^th^ey^h^a^v^e
^been^au^{dited an}^{d f}^o^uⁿ^dⁱⁿ
^com^p^lian^{ce f}^o^{r 5 con}^s^ecu^tiv^e
^y^ears^.^[§5(b)(2)(C⁾^]
^Com^p^{liance Orders}^If^th^{e DHS Secretary}^determⁱⁿ^es^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ
^{for Record Keeping,}^t^h^at^an^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^a^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e EP}^A
^Inspe^c^t^io^ns,^aⁿ^d^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce is}ⁿ^o^t^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,^to^issu^{e an}^o^r^d^e^r
^Prod^u^c^ti^on^of^m^aⁱⁿ^tainⁱⁿ^g^,^p^r^o^d^u^cin^g^,^o^r^directin^g^com^p^lian^{ce 30 day}^s^af^ter
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^ioⁿ^p^e^rm^ittin^g^{access to}^reco^rd^{s o}^r^to^th^{e d}^a^{te o}ⁿ^w^h^ich^th^{e DHS}
^th^{e prem}^is^es^of^th^{e ch}^em^ical^Secretary^prov^idesⁿ^o^{tice to th}^e
^s^o^u^r^{ce as}^requ^{ired, au}^th^orizes^th^e^so^u^r^{ce th}^{at it is n}^o^{t in}^co^m^p^lian^ce.
^{DHS Secretary}^{to is}^s^u^{e an}^order^[§10(a)(1)]
^r^e^q^u^irⁱⁿ^g^co^m^p^lian^ce.
^[§5(d)]
^Iⁿ^fras^tru^c^tu^re^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Protecti^oⁿ^an^d^p^r^o^v^id^{e n}^ecessar^yⁱⁿ^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^,
^I^m^plem^entation^leaders^h^{ip, tech}ⁿⁱ^{cal as}^sⁱ^s^t^an^ce,
^g^uⁱ^d^aⁿ^{ce, an}^d^acco^uⁿ^t^ab^ility^to
^en^s^u^{re ef}^f^ectiv^{e s}^ecu^rity^planⁿⁱⁿ^g
^an^{d res}^pon^s^eⁱⁿ^areas^s^u^rrouⁿ^dⁱⁿ^g
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^{. R}^e^qu^ires^th^e
^{DHS Secretary}^{to prom}^u^l^g^a^te
^r^e^g^u^l^atioⁿ^s^{, estab}^lish
^o^r^gaⁿⁱ^z^a^tⁱ^o^ns,^aⁿ^d^t^a^ke^a^c^tⁱ^o^{ns t}^o
^en^s^u^{re ef}^f^ectiv^{e plan}ⁿⁱⁿ^g^an^d
^res^pon^s^eⁱⁿ^{a m}^aⁿⁿ^e^{r t}^h^at^m^odel^s
^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^th^{e MT}^SA^.
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^coordiⁿ^a^t^e^wⁱ^t^h^an^{d com}^p^l^e^m^eⁿ^t
^oth^e^{r f}^e^{deral area s}^ecu^rity^an^d
^res^pon^s^e^com^mⁱ^t^t^ees^t^o^provⁱ^d^{e a}
^uⁿⁱ^fⁱ^{ed an}^{d ef}^f^ectiv^{e f}^e^deral
^s^ecu^rity^an^{d res}^pon^s^e
^o^r^g^aⁿⁱ^zatioⁿ^a^{l in}^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^.
^[§6(a)]
^{Office for Chem}^ical^Estab^lish^e^{s u}ⁿ^d^er^th^{e DHS}^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Fa^cilit^y^Securit^y^A^s^sⁱ^s^t^an^{t Secretary}^f^o^r
^In^f^r^as^tru^c^tu^{re P}^r^otection^an^of^fⁱ^ce
^res^pon^sⁱ^{ble f}^o^{r im}^plem^en^tin^g^an^d
^en^f^o^r^cⁱⁿ^g^th^{e Ch}^em^{ical Facility}
^Aⁿ^ti-^T^e^r^r^o^r^ism^A^c^t.
^[§6(b)]
^G^e^nera^{l Aut}^h^o^r^it^y^t^o^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le g}^eⁿ^e^r^a^{l p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^an^d
^Reg^u^la^te^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^to
^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^suc^h^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns a}^s^a^r^e
ⁿ^ecessar^y^to^car^r^y^o^u^{t th}^{is A}^c^t.
^[§15]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^R^e^gi^on^al^S^ecu^ri^ty^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Offi^ces^es^tablis^hⁱⁿ^each^Federal
^E^m^e^r^ge^nc^y^M^a^na^ge^m^e^nt^A^g^eⁿ^c^y
^(F^EMA⁾^regⁱ^on^an^In^f^r^as^t^r^u^c^t^u^re
^P^r^otection^R^e^gⁱ^on^{al Secu}^rity
^Of^fⁱ^{ce, to}^car^r^y^o^u^{t th}^{is A}^c^{t an}^d
^coordiⁿ^a^t^e^regⁱ^on^al^s^ecu^ri^t^y^.
^R^e^qu^ires^each^of^fⁱ^{ce to con}^s^is^{t of}
^{DHS p}^e^r^s^oⁿⁿ^e^{l in}^th^e
^Iⁿ^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^P^r^o^t^ectioⁿ^Of^fⁱ^ce
^w^ithⁱⁿ^th^{e r}^e^gⁱ^oⁿ^{, an}^d^r^e^gⁱ^oⁿ^al
^s^ecu^rity^advⁱ^s^o^ry^s^t^af^f^,^{to be}
^appoiⁿ^t^{ed by}^t^h^{e D}^H^S^S^ecret^ary^.
^Each^s^u^ch^of^fⁱ^{ce m}^u^s^t^revⁱ^ew^an^d
^approv^{e each}^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity^P^l^an
ⁱⁿ^th^{e r}^e^gⁱ^oⁿ^{, o}^v^er^see
^im^p^l^em^en^tatioⁿ^o^f^th^{is A}^c^{t, an}^d
^p^e^r^f^o^r^m^o^t^he^r^func^tⁱ^o^{ns a}^s
^as^sⁱ^gⁿ^e^{d by}^th^{e DHS Secretary}^.
^[§6(c)]
^{Area Security}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.

^C^o^mmi^t^t^e^e^s^aⁿ^d^wⁱ^t^hⁱⁿ⁶^m^o^nt^{hs o}^f^eⁿ^a^c^t^m^e^nt^o^f
^Co^o^r^dina^t^o^rs^th^{is A}^c^{t, to}^d^e^sigⁿ^a^{te g}^e^o^g^r^a^p^h^ic
^areas^f^o^{r area com}^m^ittees^an^d
^planⁿⁱⁿ^g^.^R^e^qu^ires^th^{at n}^o^area
^{be larg}^{er th}^an^{a s}ⁱⁿ^g^l^{e s}^t^{ate, an}^d
^{all parts}^of^th^{e Un}^{ited States}^are
^{to be in}^clu^d^{ed in}^s^u^ch^areas
^(ex^{cept areas}^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted u}ⁿ^d^er
^MT^SA^{, w}^h^ich^sh^{all n}^o^{t b}^e
ⁱⁿ^c^l^ud^e^dⁱⁿ^aⁿ^y^ne^w^l^y^d^e^si^gna^t^e^d
^{area). A}^llow^s^areas^{to in}^corporate
^portion^s^of^m^o^{re th}^an^on^{e s}^t^ate.
^Es^tablis^h^e^s^an^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity
^C^o^m^m^{ittee an}^{d a C}^oordin^a^{tor f}^o^r
^each^desⁱ^gⁿ^a^{ted area. R}^e^qu^ires
^each^C^oordin^a^{tor to con}^d^u^c^t
^au^d^{its an}^dⁱⁿ^sp^ectioⁿ^s^o^f^{, an}^d
^provⁱ^d^{e g}^uⁱ^dan^{ce an}^{d s}^u^pport^t^o^,
^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^cesⁱⁿ^th^{e area.}
^[§6(d)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Area Security Plans}^R^e^qu^ires^each^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Co^m^m^{ittee, w}^ithⁱⁿ²^y^ear^{s o}^f^th^e
^{date of}^en^actm^eⁿ^t^{, to prepare an}^d
^s^u^bm^{it to th}^{e DHS Secretary}^an
^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity^P^l^an^f^o^{r th}^{e area.}
^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^at^pl^an^s^coordiⁿ^a^t^e
^res^o^u^r^ces^{, an}^{d coordi}ⁿ^a^t^e^wⁱ^t^h^t^h^e
^Natioⁿ^a^{l I}ⁿ^f^r^astr^u^c^tu^r^e^P^r^o^t^ectioⁿ
^P^l^an^{, Natio}ⁿ^a^{l Resp}^oⁿ^{se P}^l^an^{, site}
^s^ecu^rity^plan^s^of^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces
ⁱⁿ^th^{e ar}^{ea, o}^t^h^e^rⁿ^a^tioⁿ^a^{l secu}^r^ity
^an^{d res}^pon^s^e^pl^an^s^,^an^{d A}^r^ea
^Secu^rity^P^l^an^s^f^o^{r con}^tig^u^o^u^s
^areas^{. R}^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^{to rev}ⁱ^ew^an^{d approv}^e
^{or requ}^{ire am}^en^dm^en^ts^{to each}
^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity^P^l^an^w^ithⁱⁿ²⁴
^m^oⁿ^t^h^s^of^th^{e date of}^en^actm^eⁿ^t
^o^f^th^{is A}^c^t.
^[§6(d)]
^Ex^{ercises a}^{nd Drills}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^an^d
^p^e^rⁱ^o^dⁱ^cally^coⁿ^d^u^c^{t d}^r^{ills an}^d^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r^,ⁱⁿ
^ex^ercis^e^s^of^s^ecu^rity^an^{d res}^pon^s^e^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^o^t^h^e^r^f^e^d^e^r^a^l
^cap^ab^ilityⁱⁿ^each^{area f}^o^{r w}^h^ich^ag^en^cies^an^{d s}^t^{ate an}^{d local}
^an^A^r^{ea Secu}^rity^P^l^an^is^requ^ired,^go^ve^rⁿ^m^e^nt^o^ffi^cⁱ^a^l^s,^t^o
^an^{d u}ⁿ^d^{er th}^{e s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^t^e^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns r}^e^q^uⁱ^rⁱⁿ^g
^an^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^s^of^hⁱ^g^h^-^p^r^io^r^ity^statioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^{ces to}
^relev^aⁿ^t^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^ces^.^{participate in}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^preparedn^e^s^s^ex^ercis^e^s^.^R^e^qu^ires
^p^u^b^{lish a}^nnua^{l r}^e^p^o^r^{ts o}ⁿ^d^r^ills,^ex^ercis^e^s^{to be s}^t^ru^ctu^r^{ed bas}^e^{d on}
ⁱⁿ^clu^dⁱⁿ^g^assessm^en^{ts o}^f^th^e^th^{e th}^r^{eat p}^o^s^ed^to^th^{e p}^u^b^{lic b}^y^a
^ef^f^ectiv^en^es^s^of^plan^s^.^crimⁱⁿ^{al releas}^{e at a s}^t^ation^a^ry
^[§6(e)]^s^o^u^r^ce.
^[§12]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Em^plo^y^ees’^Sa^f^e^t^y^aⁿ^d^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.^W^ithⁱⁿ⁶^m^oⁿ^t^h^s^o^f^p^r^o^m^u^l^g^a^tioⁿ
^{Security Com}^mⁱ^ttees^o^f^r^e^gul^a^tⁱ^o^{ns und}^e^r^§⁵⁽^a⁾^,^r^e^q^uⁱ^r^e^s
^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^a
^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce w}^ith^{at leas}^{t 15}
^em^ploy^ees^{to es}^tablis^h^{a s}^a^f^e^ty^an^d
^s^ecu^rity^com^m^{ittee of}^em^ploy^ees^,
ⁱⁿ^c^l^udⁱ^{ng b}^o^t^{h no}^n-m^a^na^ge^rⁱ^a^l^aⁿ^d
^m^aⁿ^a^g^e^{rial em}^ploy^ees^{, w}^h^ich^m^u^s^t
^m^{eet at leas}^{t m}^oⁿ^t^h^l^y^{to iden}^tif^y^,
^dⁱ^sc^uss,^aⁿ^d^m^a^ke
^r^eco^m^m^eⁿ^d^atioⁿ^s^to^th^{e o}^wⁿ^e^r^o^r
^{operator con}^cernⁱⁿ^g^poten^tial
^h^azards^an^{d ris}^k^s^relev^aⁿ^t^to
^secu^r^ity^{, saf}^e^ty^{, h}^ealth^{, an}^d^th^e
^e^nvi^r^o^nm^eⁿ^t^.^Aⁿ^e^xⁱ^s^tⁱ^{ng he}^a^l^t^h
^an^{d s}^a^f^e^ty^com^m^{ittee m}^a^y^be
^d^e^sigⁿ^a^ted^to^ser^v^{e as th}^{e saf}^e^ty
^an^{d s}^ecu^rity^com^m^{ittee. Su}^ch
^co^m^m^{ittee sh}^{all p}^a^r^ticip^{ate in}^th^e
^dev^e^l^opm^en^t^,^revⁱ^ew^{, an}^{d rev}ⁱ^sⁱ^on
^o^f^th^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^t,
^h^{azard as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^{t, an}^{d prev}^en^tion^,
^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^{d res}^pon^s^e^plan^.
^[§7]
^Em^plo^y^{ee Tra}ⁱ^ning^N^o^com^p^arabl^e^provⁱ^sⁱ^oⁿ^.^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^t^h^{e ow}ⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r of}^a
^st^a^tⁱ^o^na^r^y^so^ur^c^e^t^o^a^nnua^l^l^y
^prov^{ide each}^em^ploy^{ee w}^ith⁴
^ho^ur^{s o}^f^t^r^aⁱⁿⁱ^{ng —}⁽¹⁾^r^e^ga^r^dⁱⁿ^g
^th^{e requ}^irem^en^ts^of^th^{e C}^h^em^ical
^Secu^r^ity^an^d^Saf^e^ty^A^c^{t; (}²⁾
ⁱ^d^eⁿ^tⁱ^f^yⁱ^{ng a}ⁿ^d^dⁱ^sc^ussi^ng
^s^u^bs^tan^ces^of^con^cern^;⁽³⁾
^dis^c^u^s^sⁱⁿ^g^th^{e prev}^en^tion^,
^preparedn^e^s^s^,^an^{d res}^pon^s^e^plan
^f^o^{r th}^{e s}^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce; (4)}
^iden^tif^yⁱⁿ^g^opportuⁿ^ities^{to redu}^ce
^o^r^elimⁱⁿ^{ate th}^{e v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^o^f^a
^s^t^ation^a^ry^s^o^u^r^{ce to a crim}ⁱⁿ^al
^r^e^l^e^a^s^e^t^h^r^o^{ugh t}^h^e^use^o^f^t^h^e
^elem^en^ts^of^“^d^es^igⁿ^,^operation^,^an^d
^m^aⁱⁿ^ten^aⁿ^{ce o}^f^saf^e^f^{acilities;” an}^d
^{(5) di}^s^c^u^s^sⁱⁿ^g^appropri^a^t^e
^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^res^pon^s^e^procedu^r^es^.
^[§8]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Pena^lt^{ies f}^o^{r No}^n-
^Co^m^p^lia^nce
^A^d^minⁱ^stra^tiv^e^A^u^th^o^r^{izes ad}^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^tiv^e^Sim^ilar^,^b^u^{t au}^th^o^r^izes
^p^eⁿ^a^{lties o}^fⁿ^o^{t m}^o^r^e^th^an^admⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^ratⁱ^v^{e pen}^a^l^t^y^orders^ofⁿ^o^t
^{$25,000 per day}^an^{d n}^o^t^m^o^re^m^o^{re t}^h^an^{$50,000 per day}^an^{d n}^o^t
^t^h^an^{$1,000,000 per y}^{ear, f}^o^r^m^o^{re t}^h^an^{$2,000,000 per y}^{ear, f}^o^r
^f^a^ilu^r^e^to^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^an^o^r^d^e^r^o^r^f^a^ilu^r^e^to^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^an^o^r^d^e^r^o^r
^directiv^{e is}^s^u^{ed by}^th^{e DHS}^directiv^{e is}^s^u^{ed by}^th^{e DHS}
^Secretary^,^bu^{t on}^ly^af^{ter th}^{e DHS}^S^ecret^ary^uⁿ^d^{er §10(a).}
^Secr^etar^y^h^a^{s p}^r^o^v^id^ed^w^r^itten
ⁿ^o^tⁱ^{ce of}^t^h^{e propos}^{ed pen}^a^l^t^y
^an^{d 30 day}^s^{, du}^riⁿ^g^w^hⁱ^c^h^t^h^e
^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^{r m}^a^y^requ^es^t^a
^he^a^rⁱ^ng.
^Civⁱ^l^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^A^u^th^orizes^{a U.S. dis}^t^{rict cou}^r^{t to}
^brin^g^an^actionⁱⁿ^{a U.S. dis}^t^rict^issu^{e civ}^{il p}^eⁿ^a^{lties to}^o^wⁿ^e^r^s^o^r
^cou^r^{t ag}^ain^s^{t an}^y^owⁿ^e^{r or}^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^s^o^f^f^{acilities in}^hⁱ^g^h
^{operator of}^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce th}^at^pri^o^ri^t^y^cat^eg^ori^e^s^of^u^p^t^o^$50,000
^vⁱ^o^l^{ates o}^r^f^a^{ils to}^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^{per day}^f^o^{r v}ⁱ^ol^atⁱ^oⁿ^{or f}^aⁱ^l^u^{re t}^o
^an^y^{order or di}^rectⁱ^v^{e i}^s^s^u^{ed by}^com^p^ly^w^ith^an^y^com^p^lian^{ce order}
^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{or w}^ith^{a s}^iteⁱ^s^s^u^{ed u}ⁿ^d^{er §10(a).}
^s^ecu^ri^t^y^pl^an^approv^{ed by}^t^h^e
^{DHS Secretary}^.^A^u^th^orizes^th^e
^cou^r^{t to is}^s^u^{e an}^{order f}^o^r
ⁱⁿ^j^uⁿ^c^tiv^{e r}^e^lief^an^d^to^aw^ar^d^a
^civ^{il p}^eⁿ^a^lty^o^fⁿ^o^{t m}^o^r^e^th^an
^{$50,000 per day}^.
^Crimin^a^l^A^u^t^h^ori^zes^{a f}ⁱⁿ^e^of^u^p^t^o^$50,000^A^u^th^orizes^{a f}ⁱⁿ^e^of^betw^een
^{per day}^an^d/^{or i}^m^pri^s^on^m^eⁿ^t^f^o^r^{$5,000 an}^{d $50,000 per day}^an^d/^or
^u^p^t^o^{2 y}^ears^f^o^{r an}^owⁿ^e^{r or}^im^p^r^isoⁿ^m^eⁿ^t^f^o^r^u^p^to²^y^ear^{s, th}^e
^{operator of}^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce w}^h^o^fⁱ^r^s^{t tim}^{e th}^{at an}^o^wⁿ^e^r^o^r^o^p^e^r^a^to^r
^kⁿ^o^wⁱⁿ^g^l^y^an^d^w^illf^u^lly^vⁱ^o^l^ates^o^f^{a f}^acilityⁱⁿ^{a h}ⁱ^g^h^p^r^io^r^ity
^an^y^{order i}^s^s^u^{ed by}^t^h^{e D}^H^S^categ^ory^kⁿ^o^wⁱⁿ^g^l^y^vⁱ^olates^or
^Secr^etar^y^o^r^f^a^{ils to}^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^f^a^{ils to}^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^{a co}^m^p^lian^c^e
^an^approv^{ed s}^{ite s}^ecu^rity^plan^.^{order u}ⁿ^d^{er §10(a). F}^o^r
^[§8]^sub^s^e^q^ue^nt^vi^o^l^a^tⁱ^o^{ns o}^r^faⁱ^l^u^r^e^s,
^au^th^o^r^{izes f}ⁱⁿ^e^{s n}^o^{t less th}^an
^{$10,000 n}^o^{r m}^o^{re t}^h^an^{$50,000 per}
^day^an^d/^{or i}^m^pri^s^on^m^eⁿ^t^f^o^{r u}^p^t^o
^{4 y}^ears^.
^[§10(b)]
^Exem^pt^io^{n f}^r^o^m^Ex^em^pt^s^D^H^S^f^r^om^pu^blⁱ^c^Ex^em^pt^s^D^H^S^f^r^om^pu^blⁱ^c
^{Federal Freedom}^of^dⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^th^e^dⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^FOI^A
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^io^{n Ac}^t^f^e^deral^F^r^eedom^of^In^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^f^o^r^“^a^{ll d}^o^c^u^m^en^{ts p}^r^o^v^id^ed^to^th^e
^(FOI^A)^A^c^t^(F^O^I^A^;^{5 U}^.^S^.^C^.^{§552) f}^o^r^{DHS Secretary}^uⁿ^d^{er th}^is^A^c^{t, an}^d
^“^p^{rotected in}^f^o^rm^ation^.^”^{all in}^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^th^{at d}^e^scrⁱ^b^e^{s a}
^[§9(a)(1)]^sp^ecifⁱ^{c v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^o^r^statioⁿ^a^r^y
^s^o^u^r^{ce deri}^v^e^{d f}^r^om^t^h^os^e
^docu^m^en^ts^{,” ex}^{cept f}^o^r
^certⁱ^fⁱ^catⁱ^oⁿ^s^uⁿ^d^{er §6(b), orders}
^uⁿ^d^{er §10(a), an}^{d bes}^t^practⁱ^ces
^es^t^a^blⁱ^s^h^e^{d u}ⁿ^d^{er §13(4).}
^[§11(a)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Exem^pt^io^{n f}^r^o^m^P^r^o^h^ib^{its d}ⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^uⁿ^d^er^FOI^A^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^{Federal Freedom}^of^o^f⁽¹⁾^self^-^cer^tif^icatioⁿ^s^b^y
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^io^{n Ac}^t^owⁿ^e^rs^{or operat}^o^rs^uⁿ^d^{er §4(b)}
^(FOI^{A) (con}^t.)^th^{at a v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^assessm^en^{t h}^a^s
^been^com^p^{leted, an}^{d a s}^ite
^s^ecu^rity^plan^an^{d an}^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^pl^an^h^a^v^e^been
^dev^e^l^{oped an}^{d i}^m^pl^em^en^t^e^d;⁽²⁾
^D^H^S^orders^uⁿ^d^{er §4(b)(3)}
^r^e^q^u^irⁱⁿ^g^cer^tif^icatioⁿ^an^d
^s^u^bmⁱ^s^sⁱ^on^{, i}^f^an^owⁿ^e^{r or}
^o^p^e^r^a^to^r^f^a^{ils to}^cer^tif^y^o^r^to
^su^b^m^{it su}^ch^d^o^c^u^m^en^{ts; (}³⁾^DHS
^com^p^lian^{ce certif}^icates^f^o^r
ⁱⁿ^dⁱ^vⁱ^d^u^{al f}^{acilities u}ⁿ^d^er
^§⁹⁽^b⁾⁽²⁾^;^an^d⁽⁴⁾^th^{e id}^en^tity^o^f
^an^y^ch^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce an}^{d its}^owⁿ^e^r
^{or operat}^o^{r f}^o^{r w}^hⁱ^c^h^an^y^ot^h^e^r
^{order or an}^y^approv^al^or
^di^s^a^pprov^alⁱ^sⁱ^s^s^u^{ed u}ⁿ^d^{er t}^hⁱ^s
^A^c^{t, in}^clu^dⁱⁿ^gⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ
^id^en^tif^yⁱⁿ^g^th^{e ap}^p^licab^{le o}^r^d^e^r^,
^approv^al^{, or di}^s^a^pprov^al^.
^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^A^llo^w^s^p^u^b^{lic d}ⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^o^f
^r^e^{lease to}^th^{e p}^u^b^{lic a}ⁱⁿ^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^deri^v^e^{d f}^r^om
^cer^tif^icatioⁿ^uⁿ^d^er^§⁴⁽^b⁾⁽¹⁾^o^rⁱⁿ^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^des^c^ri^{bed i}ⁿ^{§11(a) i}^f
^{§9(b)(2), if}^th^{e DHS Secretary}ⁱ^t^w^o^ul^d^no^t^dⁱ^vul^ge^t^r^a^d^e^se^c^r^e^t^s,
^fi^nd^{s t}^h^a^t^se^c^u^rⁱ^t^y^rⁱ^{sk w}^o^ul^d^no^t^id^en^tif^y^an^y^p^a^r^ticu^l^ar^statioⁿ^a^r^y
^b^eⁱⁿ^cr^eased^f^o^r^{a f}^acility^if^th^e^s^o^u^r^{ce, an}^{d “}ⁱ^sⁿ^o^{t reas}^on^ably
^{record w}^e^{re releas}^ed.^lik^ely^toⁱⁿ^cr^{ease th}^{e p}^r^o^b^a^b^ility^o^r
^[§9(b)(1)]^con^s^equ^eⁿ^ces^of^{a crim}ⁱⁿ^al
^releas^e.”
^[§11(d)]
^Protecti^oⁿ^of^Ex^em^pts^oth^e^{r f}^e^{deral ag}^en^cies^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Inf^o^rm^a^t^io^{n by}^O^t^her^f^r^om^di^s^c^l^o^s^u^{re requ}ⁱ^r^em^en^t^s^of
^{Federal Agencies}^FOIA^f^o^{r “}^p^rotected
ⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^.^”
^[§9(a)(2)]
^Protecti^oⁿ^of^Ex^em^pts^s^t^{ate an}^{d local}^Ex^em^pts^s^t^{ate an}^{d local}
^Inf^o^rm^a^t^io^{n by}^St^a^t^e^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cies^f^r^om^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cies^f^r^om
^{or L}^o^{cal G}^overnm^e^nt^dⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^state^dⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts o}^f^all
^Agencies^an^{d local law}^s^f^o^{r “}^p^rotected^f^e^{deral, s}^t^{ate, an}^{d local law}^s^f^o^r
ⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^.^”[^§⁹⁽^a)⁽³⁾^]^“^aⁿ^y^docu^m^en^t^s^provⁱ^d^{ed by}^a
^statioⁿ^a^r^y^so^u^r^{ce u}ⁿ^d^er^th^{is A}^c^{t, o}^r
^an^yⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^th^{at d}^e^scrⁱ^b^e^{s a}
^sp^ecifⁱ^{c v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility^o^r^statioⁿ^a^r^y
^s^o^u^r^{ce deri}^v^e^{d f}^r^om^t^h^os^e
^docu^m^en^ts^{,” ex}^{cept f}^o^r
^certⁱ^fⁱ^catⁱ^oⁿ^s^uⁿ^d^{er §6(b), orders}
^uⁿ^d^{er §10(a), an}^{d bes}^t^practⁱ^ces
^es^t^a^blⁱ^s^h^e^{d u}ⁿ^d^{er §13(4).}
^[§11(b)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^{Report to Congres}^s^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^su^b^m^{it to}^Coⁿ^g^r^{ess a p}^u^b^{lic r}^e^p^o^r^t
^on^th^{e perf}^orm^aⁿ^{ce of}^ch^em^ical
^so^ur^c^e^s⁽^a^{s a}^gr^o^u^p⁾^und^e^r^t^h^e
^Ac^t^.
^[§9(b)(3)]
^D^e^vel^o^p^m^en^{t of}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^Inf^o^r^m^a^t^ioⁿ^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e Dir}^ecto^r^o^f^dev^e^l^{op w}ⁱ^t^hⁱⁿ^on^{e y}^{ear of}^t^h^{e dat}^e
^Protecti^oⁿ^Protocol^s^th^{e Of}^fⁱ^{ce of}^Man^a^g^e^m^eⁿ^t^an^d^of^en^act^m^eⁿ^t^of^t^hⁱ^s^A^c^t^prot^ocol^s
^Bu^dg^et^an^{d appropri}^a^t^e^f^e^deral^t^o^prot^ectⁱⁿ^f^o^rm^atⁱ^oⁿ^des^c^ri^{bed i}ⁿ
^law^en^f^o^r^cem^en^{t an}^dⁱⁿ^tellig^en^ce^{§11(a) f}^r^om^uⁿ^a^u^t^h^o^ri^zed
^of^fⁱ^cials^,ⁱⁿ^{a m}^aⁿⁿ^e^{r con}^s^is^ten^t^di^s^c^l^o^s^u^{re. R}^e^quⁱ^r^es^prot^ocol^s^t^o
^w^ith^ex^istin^g^p^r^o^t^ectioⁿ^s^f^o^r^{be i}ⁿ^ef^f^ect^bef^o^{re t}^h^{e dat}^e^on
^sen^s^itiv^{e o}^r^classifⁱ^edⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^,^w^h^ich^th^{e EP}^A^A^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^str^a^to^r
^to^d^e^v^e^lo^p^coⁿ^f^id^en^tiality^receiv^e^s^an^y^{report u}ⁿ^d^{er th}^is^A^c^t.
^prot^ocol^s^f^o^{r m}^aⁱⁿ^t^aⁱⁿⁱⁿ^g^an^d^[§11(c)]
^usi^{ng r}^e^c^o^r^d^{s c}^o^nt^aⁱⁿⁱ^ng
^“^p^{rotected in}^f^o^rm^ation^.^”
^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^prot^ocol^s^t^o^en^s^u^{re, t}^o^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^th^{e m}^a^xⁱ^m^u^m^ex^ten^t^practicable,
^th^{at in}^f^o^rm^ation^{protected f}^r^om
^p^u^b^{lic d}ⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^law^s^sh^{all b}^e
^m^aⁱⁿ^tain^edⁱⁿ^{a secu}^r^e^lo^catioⁿ
^an^{d acces}^s^s^h^{all be lim}^{ited to}
^pers^on^s^g^r^an^{ted acces}^s^f^o^{r th}^e
^pu^rpos^{e of}^carryⁱⁿ^g^ou^t^t^h^e
^Ch^em^{ical Facility}^Aⁿ^ti-^T^e^r^r^o^r^ism
^Ac^t^.
^[§9(c)]
^Proces^s^{for Reporting}^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^Prob^lem^s^es^tablis^h^{a proces}^s^by^w^h^ich^an^y^estab^lish^an^d^p^u^b^{licize in}^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ
^pers^on^m^a^y^s^u^bmⁱ^t^{a report}^t^o^t^h^e^r^e^ga^r^dⁱ^{ng m}^e^c^h^aⁿⁱ^s^m^s^t^h^r^o^ugh
^{DHS Secretary}^reg^a^rdin^g^w^hⁱ^c^h^an^y^pers^on^m^a^y^report^an
^problem^s^,^defⁱ^cien^cies^{, or}^alleg^e^d^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^o^f^th^{is A}^c^{t o}^r^a
^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^{ilities at a ch}^em^ical^th^r^{eat to}^th^{e h}^ealth^o^r^saf^e^ty^o^f^th^e
^s^o^u^r^{ce. R}^e^qu^ires^th^{e DHS}^pu^blⁱ^c^.
^Secretary^{to prov}^{ide g}^uⁱ^dan^{ce to}^[§14]
^em^ploy^ees^as^{to h}^o^w^{to m}^a^k^e
^suc^h^dⁱ^sc^lo^sur^e^{s w}^itho^u^t
^com^p^romⁱ^sⁱⁿ^g^s^ecu^rity^.
^{Directs Go}^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.

^A^cco^uⁿ^t^ab^ility^Of^fⁱ^{ce (}^G^A^O⁾^to
^report^on^t^h^{e probl}^em^s^,
^d^e^fⁱ^cien^{cies, o}^r^v^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ilities
^report^e^{d an}^{d on}^t^h^{e D}^H^S
^Secretary^’^s^res^pon^s^e^{to s}^u^ch
ⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^.^P^r^o^h^ib^{its GA}^{O f}^r^o^m
^releasⁱⁿ^g^{protected in}^f^o^rm^ation^to
^th^{e pu}^{blic u}ⁿ^l^es^s^th^{e Secretary}^h^a^s
^releas^{ed in}^f^o^rm^ation^uⁿ^d^er
^§9(b)(1).
^{[§9(d), (k}^)]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Whis^tle-blow^er^Prohⁱ^bⁱ^t^s^em^pl^oy^ers^f^r^om^Prohⁱ^bⁱ^t^s^em^pl^oy^ers^f^r^om
^Protection^dⁱ^sc^rⁱ^mⁱ^na^tⁱ^{ng a}^g^aⁱ^nst^a^p^e^r^s^oⁿ^dⁱ^sc^rⁱ^mⁱ^na^tⁱ^{ng a}^g^aⁱ^nst^a^p^e^r^s^oⁿ
^w^h^o^su^b^m^{its a r}^e^p^o^r^{t to}^th^{e DHS}^w^h^o^:⁽¹⁾ⁿ^o^tif^{ies th}^{e em}^p^l^o^y^er^,
^Secretary^.^R^e^qu^iresⁱⁿ^f^o^rm^ation^D^H^S^{, or an}^y^ot^h^e^{r appropri}^a^t^e
^di^s^c^l^o^s^u^{re prot}^ocol^s^t^o^g^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cy^of^an^alleg^e^d
^accom^m^{odate protection}^s^f^o^r^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^o^f^th^{is A}^c^{t o}^r^o^f^{a th}^r^eat
^dⁱ^sclo^su^r^e^{s th}^{at ar}^{e n}^o^{t p}^r^o^h^ib^ited^to^th^{e h}^ealth^o^r^saf^e^ty^o^f^th^{e p}^u^b^lic
^by^law^an^{d are g}^eⁿ^e^rally^r^e^latin^g^to^ch^em^{ical secu}^r^ity^o^r^th^e
^p^e^r^m^itted^f^o^r^f^e^d^e^r^a^{l em}^p^l^o^y^eesⁱ^m^{proper rel}^eas^{e of}^an^y^h^a^rm^f^u^l
^w^h^o^b^e^liev^e^th^{e in}^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^is^ch^em^{ical; (}²⁾^r^e^f^u^{ses to}^en^g^a^g^eⁱⁿ
^ev^iden^{ce of}^{a v}ⁱ^olation^of^law^,^uⁿ^l^aw^f^u^{l activ}^ity^{; (}³⁾^testif^ies
^“^g^ros^s^mⁱ^s^m^an^ag^em^en^{t, a g}^r^os^s^b^e^fo^r^e^Co^ngr^e^{ss o}^r^a^t^aⁿ^y^r^e^l^e^va^nt
^w^a^s^t^{e of}^f^uⁿ^d^s^,^an^abu^s^{e of}^f^e^{deral or s}^t^{ate proceedin}^g^;⁽⁴⁾
^au^th^o^r^ity^{, o}^r^{a su}^b^s^tan^{tial an}^d^com^m^eⁿ^ces^{a proceedin}^g^f^o^r
^sp^ecifⁱ^{c d}^aⁿ^g^e^r^to^p^u^b^{lic h}^ealth^o^r^admⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^ration^{or en}^f^o^rcem^en^{t of}
^s^a^f^e^t^y^{” [5 U}^.^S^.^C^.^{§2302(b)(8) an}^d^th^{is A}^c^{t; (}⁵⁾^testif^{ies in}^an^y^su^ch
^§7211].^proceedin^g^;^{or (6) as}^sⁱ^s^t^sⁱⁿ^a
^proceedin^g^{or in}^an^y^oth^e^{r action}
^to^car^r^y^o^u^{t th}^{e p}^u^r^p^o^s^{es o}^f^th^is
^Ac^t^.
^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^{to k}^eep^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^th^{e id}^en^tity^o^f^{a p}^e^r^s^oⁿ^w^h^o
^su^b^m^{its su}^ch^{a r}^e^p^o^r^{t co}ⁿ^f^id^en^tial.
^[§9(d)]
^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.^A^u^th^o^r^izes^an^em^ploy^{ee to f}^{ile a}
^co^m^p^lain^{t w}^ith^th^{e Secr}^etar^y^o^f
^La^b^o^r^a^l^l^e^gi^{ng d}ⁱ^sc^rⁱ^mⁱ^na^tⁱ^o^{n i}ⁿ
^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^o^f^th^{is p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.
^R^e^qu^ires^th^{e Secretary}^of^L^a^{bor to}
^co^m^p^{lete an}ⁱⁿ^v^e^stig^atioⁿ^o^f^th^e
^alleg^e^d^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^an^dⁿ^o^tif^y^th^e
^co^m^p^lain^an^{t o}^f^th^{e r}^e^su^{lts w}^ithⁱⁿ
^{30 day}^s^f^r^om^t^h^{e dat}^e^on^w^hⁱ^c^h^t^h^e
^com^p^lain^{t w}^a^s^receiv^e^{d. W}^ithⁱⁿ⁹⁰
^day^s^of^receivⁱⁿ^g^th^{e com}^p^lain^t,
^th^{e Secretary}^of^L^a^{bor m}^u^s^t^is^s^u^e
^an^{order prov}ⁱ^dⁱⁿ^g^relⁱ^e^f^or
^d^eⁿ^yⁱⁿ^g^th^{e co}^m^p^lain^{t “}^oⁿ^th^e
^{record” af}^{ter n}^o^{tice an}^d
^opport^uⁿⁱ^t^y^f^o^{r pu}^blⁱ^c^h^eariⁿ^g^.
^P^r^o^v^id^{es in}^str^u^ctioⁿ^s^r^e^g^a^r^dⁱⁿ^g^th^e
^basⁱ^s^f^o^{r decis}ⁱ^on^s^by^th^{e Secretary}
^of^L^a^{bor. A}^u^t^h^ori^zes^a
^co^m^p^lain^an^{t to}^b^rⁱⁿ^g^an^actioⁿ^at
^law^o^r^eq^u^ity^f^o^r^{de novo}^revⁱ^ew^of
^{a co}^m^p^lain^{t in}^{a d}ⁱ^strⁱ^{ct co}^u^r^{t, if}
^th^{e Secretary}^of^L^a^{bor h}^a^sⁿ^o^t
^issu^ed^{a f}ⁱⁿ^a^{l d}^ecisioⁿ^w^ithⁱⁿ^oⁿ^e
^y^ear^af^ter^th^{e d}^a^{te o}ⁿ^w^h^ich^a
^co^m^p^lain^{t w}^a^{s f}^iled^.^Aⁿ^y^p^e^r^s^oⁿ
^adv^e^rs^ely^af^f^{ected by}^an^{order m}^a^y
^obtain^revⁱ^ewⁱⁿ^{a U.S. cou}^r^{t of}
^appeals^.
^[§14]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Whis^tle-blow^er^No^co^m^p^ar^ab^{le p}^r^o^v^isioⁿ^.^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e Secretary}^of^L^a^bor
^Protecti^oⁿ^(con^t’d⁾^to^f^{ile a civ}^{il actio}ⁿⁱⁿ^{U.S. d}ⁱ^strⁱ^ct
^co^u^r^{t if}^{a p}^e^r^s^oⁿ^h^a^{s f}^a^iled^to
^co^m^p^ly^w^ith^an^o^r^d^e^r^.^A^l^so
^au^t^h^ori^zes^an^y^pers^on^on^w^h^os^e
^b^e^h^a^lf^th^{e o}^r^d^e^r^w^a^{s issu}^ed^to
^com^m^eⁿ^{ce a civ}^{il action}^ag^ain^s^{t th}^e
^pers^on^t^o^w^h^om^t^h^{e order w}^a^s
^is^s^u^{ed. A}^u^th^orizes^en^f^o^rcem^en^{t in}
^{a m}^aⁿ^d^am^u^s^proceedin^g^f^o^{r an}^y
ⁿ^oⁿ^-^di^s^c^retⁱ^oⁿ^a^ry^du^t^yⁱ^m^pos^{ed by}
^§14.
^[§14]
^Protecti^oⁿ^of^P^r^otects^th^{e rig}^h^t^{to m}^a^k^e^certain^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Disc^lo^sur^e^Rig^h^t^s^aⁿ^d^dⁱ^sc^lo^sur^e^{s und}^e^r^c^u^r^r^eⁿ^{t la}^w^o^r
^O^b^lig^a^t^io^ns^{to a Special C}^o^uⁿ^s^{el, in}^s^p^ector
^g^eⁿ^e^ral^,^{or ot}^h^e^{r em}^pl^oy^ees^w^h^o
^mⁱ^g^h^t^{be des}ⁱ^gⁿ^a^t^e^{d by}^an^ag^en^cy
^h^{ead. A}^l^s^o^protects^th^{e rig}^h^t^or
^oblig^ation^of^{a ch}^em^{ical s}^o^u^r^{ce, a}
^no^n-go^ve^rⁿ^m^e^nt^a^l^o^r^gaⁿⁱ^z^a^tⁱ^o^n,
^{or an}ⁱⁿ^di^vⁱ^du^al^t^o^di^s^c^l^o^s^e
^records^{or copies}^of^recordsⁱⁿ
^theⁱ^r^p^o^sse^ssioⁿ^.
^[§9(e)-⁽^h⁾^]
^Pena^lt^{ies f}^o^r^R^e^qu^ires^th^{at an}^y^of^fⁱ^{cer or}^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Uⁿ^au^th^ori^zed^em^ploy^{ee of}^{a f}^e^{deral, s}^t^{ate, or}
^Disc^lo^sur^e^{local g}^o^v^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^ag^en^cy^w^h^o
^kno^wⁱ^ngl^y^dⁱ^sc^l^o^se^{s a}ⁿ^y^r^e^c^o^r^d
^prot^ect^{ed f}^r^om^di^s^c^l^o^s^u^{re be}
ⁱ^m^pri^s^on^{ed f}^o^{r u}^p^t^o^{1 y}^{ear, f}ⁱⁿ^e^d,
^{or bot}^h^,^an^{d rem}^o^v^e^{d f}^r^om^f^e^deral
^of^fⁱ^{ce or em}^pl^oy^m^eⁿ^t^.
^[§9(j⁾^]
^St^a^t^{e a}^{nd O}^t^{her La}^w^s^P^r^otects^th^{e rig}^h^t^of^s^t^ates^an^d^T^h^{e C}^h^em^{ical Secu}^rity^an^{d Saf}^e^ty
^{political s}^u^bdivⁱ^sⁱ^on^s^{to adopt or}^A^c^t^doesⁿ^o^t^af^f^ect^an^y^du^t^y^or
^en^f^o^{rce requ}^irem^en^ts^m^o^re^oth^e^{r requ}^irem^en^{t im}^pos^{ed u}ⁿ^d^er
^strⁱⁿ^g^eⁿ^t^th^an^r^e^q^u^ir^em^en^{ts in}^an^y^oth^e^{r f}^e^{deral, s}^t^{ate, or local}
^ef^f^{ect u}ⁿ^d^er^th^{e Ch}^em^{ical Facility}^law^{or an}^y^collectiv^{e barg}^ainⁱⁿ^g
^Aⁿ^ti-^T^e^r^r^o^r^ism^A^c^{t, u}ⁿ^l^{ess th}^er^e^ag^reem^en^t.
^{is an}^actu^a^{l co}ⁿ^f^{lict b}^e^tw^een^a^[§16]

^p^r^o^v^isioⁿ^o^f^th^{is A}^c^{t an}^d^th^{e law}
^of^{a s}^t^ate.
^[§10]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^N^a^ti^on^al^S^t^{rategy for}^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,^w^ithⁱⁿ^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^Chem^{ical Security}^{6 m}^oⁿ^t^h^s^of^t^h^{e dat}^e^of
^en^actm^eⁿ^t^{, to}^su^b^m^{it to}^th^{e Sen}^a^te
^Co^m^m^{ittee o}ⁿ^Ho^m^e^lan^d^Secu^r^ity
^an^{d Gov}^e^rn^m^eⁿ^t^{al A}^f^f^a^irs^an^{d th}^e
^Hou^s^{e C}^o^m^m^{ittee on}^En^erg^y^an^d
^C^o^m^m^e^{rce an}^u^{pdate of}^th^e
ⁿ^a^tioⁿ^a^{l str}^a^teg^y^f^o^r^th^{e ch}^em^ical
^s^{ector th}^{at w}^a^s^requ^{ired to be}
^s^u^bm^{itted by}^Febru^a^ry^{10, 2006}
^to^th^{e Co}^m^m^{ittee o}ⁿ
^A^p^p^r^o^p^r^iatioⁿ^s^o^f^th^{e Sen}^a^{te an}^d
^th^{e Co}^m^m^{ittee o}ⁿ^A^p^p^r^o^p^r^iatioⁿ^s
^of^th^{e Hou}^s^{e of}^R^e^pres^en^tativ^es^.
^[§11]
^GA^O^R^e^vⁱ^e^w^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.
^prov^{ide acces}^s^by^th^{e GA}^{O to an}^y
^d^o^c^u^m^en^{t o}^rⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^r^e^q^u^ir^ed
^to^b^e^su^b^m^itted^to^{, g}^eⁿ^e^r^a^ted^b^y^,
^{or ot}^h^e^rwⁱ^s^{e i}ⁿ^t^h^{e pos}^s^e^s^sⁱ^on^of
^{DHS u}ⁿ^d^er^th^{is A}^c^t.
^[§12]
^GA^O^R^e^p^o^r^t^s^R^e^quⁱ^r^es^G^A^O^t^o^provⁱ^d^e^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^.

^a^nnua^lly^to^the^Se^na^te^Co^m^m^itte^e
^oⁿ^Ho^m^e^lan^d^Secu^r^ity^an^d
^G^o^ve^rⁿ^m^e^nt^a^l^A^ffaⁱ^r^{s a}ⁿ^d^t^h^e
^Hou^s^{e C}^o^m^m^{ittee on}^En^erg^y^an^d
^C^o^m^m^e^{rce a rev}ⁱ^ew^of^s^ite
^secu^r^ity^p^l^an^{s, v}^u^lⁿ^e^r^a^b^ility
^as^s^e^s^s^m^en^ts^{, an}^{d em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y
^res^pon^s^e^plan^s^uⁿ^d^{er th}^{e A}^c^{t an}^d
^{a d}^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^atioⁿ^o^f^w^h^eth^e^r^su^ch
^plan^s^an^{d as}^s^e^s^s^m^en^ts^{are in}
^com^p^lian^ce.
^[§12]

^Provi^sⁱ^on^S^.^{2145, as}^rep^orted^S^{. 2486, as}ⁱⁿ^trod^u^ced
^Ju^dⁱ^ci^al^R^e^vi^ew^P^e^r^m^{its an}^y^p^e^r^s^oⁿ^to^f^{ile a}^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^s^.
^p^e^titioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e U.S. Co}^u^r^{t o}^f
^A^ppeals^f^o^{r th}^{e Dis}^t^{rict of}
^C^o^lu^m^b^{ia f}^o^{r j}^u^{dicial rev}ⁱ^ew^of^a
^r^u^{le w}^ithⁱⁿ⁶⁰^d^a^y^s^o^f
^p^r^o^m^ul^ga^tⁱ^o^n.^Dⁱ^r^e^c^t^{s t}^h^e^c^o^ur^t
^{to rev}ⁱ^ew^ru^lesⁱⁿ^accordan^{ce w}^ith
^th^{e A}^d^mⁱⁿⁱ^s^t^rativ^{e P}^r^ocedu^r^{e A}^c^t
^{(5 U}^.^S^.^C^.^{§701 et}^s^e^q.).
^A^l^l^o^w^s^on^l^y^an^owⁿ^e^{r or operat}^o^r
^w^h^o^s^{e f}^acility^{is af}^f^ected^b^y^a
^fⁱⁿ^a^{l ag}^en^cy^actioⁿ^to^f^{ile a}
^p^e^titioⁿ^f^o^r^j^u^dⁱ^{cial r}^e^vⁱ^ew^o^f^th^e
^actioⁿ^w^ith^an^ap^p^r^o^p^r^{iate U.S.}
^dⁱ^strⁱ^{ct co}^u^r^{t. On}^ly^th^{e o}^wⁿ^e^r^o^r
^{operator an}^{d th}^{e Secretary}^cou^l^d
^p^a^r^ticip^{ate in}^su^ch^civ^{il actio}ⁿ^s^.
^Ex^pres^s^l^y^prohⁱ^bⁱ^t^s^an^y^pri^v^at^e
^civ^{il action}^s^ag^ain^s^{t an}^owⁿ^e^{r or}
^operat^o^{r t}^o^en^f^o^{rce prov}ⁱ^sⁱ^oⁿ^s^of
^th^{e A}^c^t.
^[§13]
^Am^m^o^nium^Nit^r^a^t^e^Directs^th^{e DHS Secretary}^,ⁱⁿ^{No com}^p^{arable prov}^is^ion^s^.
^coⁿ^s^u^ltatioⁿ^w^ith^th^{e Secr}^etar^y^o^f
^A^g^rⁱ^cu^ltu^r^e^{, to}^r^e^g^u^l^{ate th}^e
^produ^ctⁱ^oⁿ^an^{d s}^a^l^e^of^am^m^oⁿⁱ^u^m
ⁿ^{itrate to prev}^en^t
^mⁱ^s^a^ppropri^a^tⁱ^oⁿ^{or u}^s^{e i}ⁿ
^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^o^f^law^.^Req^u^ir^es
^r^e^gⁱ^str^a^tioⁿ^o^f^f^{acilities an}^d
^p^u^r^c^ha^se^r^s^.^Re^strⁱ^c^t^{s sa}^le^{s to}
^regⁱ^s^t^{ered produ}^cers^,^s^e^llers^{, an}^d
^pu^rch^a^s^e^rs^{. R}^e^quⁱ^r^es^s^a^l^e^s
^r^eco^r^d^{s to}^b^e^m^aⁱⁿ^tain^ed^.
^Regⁱ^str^a^tioⁿⁱⁿ^f^o^r^m^atioⁿ^{is to}^b^e
^{treated as}^{protected in}^f^o^rm^ation^.
^A^u^th^orizes^th^{e DHS Secretary}^to
^estab^lish^{a p}^r^o^{cess f}^o^r^au^d^itin^g
^h^aⁿ^d^ler^r^eco^r^d^{s to}^d^e^ter^mⁱⁿ^e
^co^m^p^lian^{ce. A}^u^th^o^r^{izes p}^eⁿ^a^lties
^f^o^r^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ^s^an^d^co^m^p^lian^c^e
^fa^ilur^e^s.^Give^{s fe}^d^e^r^a^{l d}ⁱ^strⁱ^c^t
^co^u^r^{ts j}^u^rⁱ^sd^ictioⁿ^o^v^er^an^y^actioⁿ
^f^o^{r civ}^{il dam}^a^g^e^s^ag^ain^s^{t a}
^ha^nd^l^e^r^fo^r^aⁿ^y^ha^r^m^o^r^d^a^m^a^ge
^alleg^e^d^to^h^a^v^e^r^e^su^lted^f^r^o^m^u^s^e
^o^f^am^m^oⁿⁱ^u^mⁿ^itr^{ate in}^vⁱ^o^l^atioⁿ
^of^l^a^w^.
^[§14]
^A^u^th^ori^z^ati^oⁿ^of^A^u^th^orizes^s^u^ch^s^u^m^s^as^are^Sim^ilar^,^b^u^{t f}^uⁿ^d^{s r}^e^m^aⁱⁿ^av^ailab^l^e
^Appro^p^ria^t^io^nsⁿ^eces^s^a^ry^{to carry}^ou^{t th}^{e A}^c^t.^uⁿ^{til ex}^p^eⁿ^d^ed^.
^[§15]^[§17]