'Weaponizable' Gas for Your Backyard Barbecue

[dogday]

It seems like something from a James Bond film, with code names like Top Screen and "tiered security risk." Yet for the propane gas industry and thousands of other chemical facilities, this is no fiction.

Starting June 8, makers and sellers of the colorless, odorless, flammable gas and other chemicals face a new Department of Homeland Security rule requiring them to complete a secure online survey assessing whether they are a high-risk target for terrorists. If so, they must make security fixes or face $25,000-a-day fines or be put out of business.

The rule is the latest, and one of the most sweeping, of more than 150 the department has issued since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The complaints of propane manufacturers illustrate the delicate balance the department must maintain as it tries to terror-proof the nation without prohibitive expense for the industries. The department figures it may cost companies as much as $3.6 billion over three years to secure the facilities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/21/AR2007052101556.html?referrer=email&referrer=email&referrer=email

[Jed Dilligan]

1. This will make for the best "King of the Hill" ever. nt

[dogday]

2. I never thought of that...

:rofl: A King Of The Hill fan for life.....

[zonmoy]

3. exactly why are they doing this.

exactly who are they afraid of. foreign terrorists or americans resisting the gutting of the bill of rights.

[soothsayer]

4. Feh, real grillers use charcoal...!

[Rosemary2205]

5. And real BBQ uses wood. :)