Feds to make 15,000 plants assess risks of terrorism

Saturday, June 8, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to require the nation's 15,000 chemical, water and waste-treatment plants to assess how vulnerable they are to terrorists and then fix any problems, The Associated Press has learned.

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