Homeland Security Plans To Regulate Bomb Fertilizer -- L.A. Times
Those who buy, sell or transfer 25 pounds of ammonium nitrate would have to register with the department. The chemical was used in the Oklahoma City bombing and the one last month in Norway.
Reporting from Washington — The Homeland Security Department announced plans Tuesday to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate, 16 years after the fertilizer was used to make a bomb that killed 168 people at a federal office building in Oklahoma City.
Under the proposed regulations, anyone who buys, sells or transfers 25 pounds of the chemical must apply to register with the department. Ammonium nitrate facilities must also keep records of sales or transfers of the chemical for at least two years after each transaction.
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My Comment: This should have been done years ago. Oh well .... better late than never.
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