Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3866-1005707310-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:10:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 11544 invoked by uid 510); 14 Nov 2001 03:07:21 -0000 Received: from n31.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.81) by all.net with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 03:07:21 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3866-1005707310-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.1.221] by n31.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Nov 2001 03:08:30 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 14 Nov 2001 03:08:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 22190 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 03:08:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Nov 2001 03:08:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 03:08:30 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAE399Z29712 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:09:09 -0800 Message-Id: <200111140309.fAE399Z29712@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:09:09 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Water.regulators'.struggle:.Information.or.security?] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Water regulators' struggle: Information or security? Water Technology Online, 11/13/2001 <a href="http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=27166">http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=27166> WASHINGTON - Environmental regulators are struggling with the issue of how to give the public information about chemical and biological hazards, while at the same time prevent that information from getting into the hands of terrorists. Jeremiah Baumann, an environmental health advocate for the US Public Interest Research Group, told a House subcommittee on water resources and environment that the right to know is a proven tool for increasing public safety, the Associated Press reported. But Amy E. Smithson, a chemical and biological weapons analyst for the Henry L. Stimson Center think tank, said information should be made more difficult to obtain, the news service said. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) two years ago created the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) to work out such difficulties. But the 11 September terror attacks have made things that much harder, regulators are finding. EPA spokeswoman Elaine Stanley said the agency is aware that a balance is needed between protecting sensitive information in the interest of national security and maintaining access to the information that citizens can use to protect their health, AP reported. To date, the only information the EPA has removed from its Web site deals with risk management plans for industrial plants that handle hazardous chemicals, Stanley said in the article. Those plans are required under the Clean Air Act. But according to Smithson, the EPA's decision during the Clinton Administration to post those plans on the Internet for some 15,000 plants was a bad one. Stanley, who heads OEI's efforts on information analysis and access, said EPA has developed four criteria since the terrorist attacks to judge how delicately its information should be handled, AP reported. Some of its information is now restricted to reading rooms requiring proper identification. According to AP, the first criteria, based on "type," includes a plant's location and what types of chemicals it has. The second, "specificity," assesses the level of detail available for a plant. Third, "connectivity," is used to examine how well separate pieces of information can be applied to a particular disaster scenario. And fourth, "availability," accounts for how much control EPA has over the information. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/ltH6zA/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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