[Red Steel]

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=21365

http://www2.iccsafe.org/states/Phoenix2006/Phoenix_Fire/PDFs/Chapter%2033_Explosives_Pyrotechnic%20Special%20Effect%20and%20Fireworks.pdf

“3301.1.5 Ammonium nitate. The storage and handling of ammonium nitrate shall comply with the requirements of NFPA 490, Chapter 2 and 40. Ammonium nitrate shall be classified in accordance with Table 3301.1.5(1) and stored in accordance with Section 3301.8 when classified as an explosive material.”

[Repeal The 17th]

irrelevant

[Repeal The 17th]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires fertilizer plants and depots to disclose amounts of ammonium nitrate...
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"... this facility was known to have chemicals well above the threshold amount to be regulated under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act (CFATS), yet we understand that DHS did not even know the plant existed until it blew up..."
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try to focus on this:
"...this facility was known to have chemicals well above the threshold amount to be regulated..."
"...DHS did not even know the plant existed..."
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Just catch your breath and think about it...
"...they were known to exist...but DHS did not know...?"
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NOTHING but a paperwork issue...
and nothing there that would have PREVENTED the accident.
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p.s. try to get a life.