DHS Issues Final Chemical Security Rule

WASHINGTON — Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final "Appendix A: DHS Chemicals of Interest" on the Department's Web site, www.dhs.gov. The two Department-issued documents are the Final Rule and the Final Appendix, which lists chemicals of interest.  Click here to view the Rule or click here to view the Appendix.

Last winter DHS proposed screening threshold quantities of 2,000 pounds for aluminum and magnesium phosphide and any quantity for sulfuryl fluoride, methyl bromide and chloropicrin. The National Pest Management Association has worked with Department officials to ensure that the Final Rule would not impose an unreasonable burden on pest management professionals or their customers.  In the final list, DHS has removed methyl bromide, sulfuryl fluoride and chloropicrin as chemicals of interest. Aluminum and magnesium phosphide are still on the list, however we need to study the final rule to better understand how those compounds will be regulated.

Pest management professionals who have questions or comments, can contact NPMA's Bob Rosenberg or Gene Harrington.