DHS Poised to Notify Highest-Risk Plants

U.S. facilities that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS; Washington) considers the highest risk in the event of a terror attack can expect a call from DHS “within days,” DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff told attendees at Socma’s plant security summit, held last week at Falls Church, VA. These facilities, which will not be disclosed to the public, will be among those that can expect to be required to submit security vulnerability assessment plans to the department, Chertoff says. Chertoff: DHS vows not to micromanage. “We are going to...

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