Chemical Transportation and Plant Security

Rep. Markey has been an active, persistent proponent of stronger security safeguards for all chemical plant facilities and transportation infrastructure. The 7th District is home to Everett, Massachusetts, the site of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation terminal in the United States and the only LNG terminal in the country that is located in an urban area. As the author of the 1979 law regulating remote LNG siting, Rep. Markey is keenly aware of the dangers posed by a possible terrorist attack on an LNG facility or transportation vessel.