June 15, 2007
New Chemical Rules Worry Colleges
New chemical-security regulations under review by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could require colleges to spend countless hours cataloging chemicals on their campuses, critics say.
The "interim final rule," which was published this spring in the Federal Register, would require colleges and others to conduct an inventory of 342 "chemicals of interest" listed by the department. If a college exceeded the "threshold quantity" for any of the chemicals — some of which
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