Colleges Fear Chemical Rules

Inside Higher Ed:
The American Council on Education and several other college associations are asking the Department of Homeland Security to exempt academic facilities from new anti-terrorism rules until new procedures could be developed that are more “relevant and applicable.” The new rules were designed for chemical facilities, but are written in such a broad way that they could end up requiring colleges to do major reviews of safety procedures in just about any building with a science class or lab — even many buildings that contain relatively few chemicals and that would be unlikely sites for terrorist attacks.

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