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Bennie Thompson: “DHS's failure to integrate this kind of information into its tiering methodology is particularly troubling because…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
DHS's failure to integrate this kind of information into its tiering methodology is particularly troubling because communities along a chemical facility's fence line tend to be poorer and have first responders who may not be well-resourced to respond to chemical facility disaster.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Thompson criticizes DHS for not considering community vulnerabilities in its risk assessments.

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