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What is the STQ for COIs under the security issue of Theft/Diversion-EXP/IEDP?

April 26, 2017cois diversion-exp iedp ISSUE security stq theft

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What is the STQ for COIs under the security issue of Theft/Diversion-EXP/IEDP?

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For more information on this topic, please reference page 12 of 41 in the Final Rule, Appendix to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_appendixafinalrule.pdf) on the DHS Critical Infrastructure: Chemical Security website. Referenced Text: DHS has changed the STQ for theft/diversion-EXP/IEDP chemicals from the proposed amount of 2,000 pounds to 400 pounds. This STQ applies to all theft/diversion-EXP/IEDP chemicals except for (1) ammonium nitrate, which the Department discusses separately and for (2) a few chemicals where DHS used a different STQ at the recommendation of the FBI Explosives Unit. Specifically, DHS set the STQ for aluminum powder, magnesium powder, and nitrobenzene at 100 pounds instead of 400 pounds, because DHS believes that the effect of these particular chemicals at these quantities would have the same effect as the other theft/diversion-EXP/IEDP chemicals at 400 pounds.