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Chemical Supply Chain Risk Assessment Needed

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

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The Chemical Security Analysis Center within the Department of Homeland (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate is seeking sources to execute various components of a probabilistic risk assessment focused on the chemical supply chain. The Chemical Countermeasures Program Area will support this effort through the Chemical Infrastructure Risk Assessment (CIRA) program. The CIRA is a formal statistical risk assessment which will calculate the acute risk to human health and the economic consequences due to terrorist- initiated release of DHS Appendix A…

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