An article by William Kovach, Senior Project Manager, titled "Why Department of Homeland Security is Interested in Cleanup Projects", appeared in the March 2011 edition of Modern Contractor Solutions.

Responsibility for chemical security is shared among federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private sector. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards for any facility that manufactures, uses, stores, or distributes certain chemicals at or above a specified quantity. Even if this is not its primary use, it includes remediation sites.