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MTI Potential Terrorist Uses Highway-Borne of HazardousPotential Terrorist Materials Funded by U.S. Department of Transportation and California Department of Transportation Potential Terrorist Uses of Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials MTI ReportMTI 09-03 MTI Report 09-03 June 2009 MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE MTI FOUNDER Hon. Norman Y. Mineta The Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies (MTI) was established by Congress as part MTI BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Reauthorized in 1998, MTI was selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation through a competitive process in 2002 as a national “Center of Excellence.” The Institute is funded by Con- Honorary Co-Chair Rebecca Brewster Steve Heminger Stephanie Pinson gress through the United States Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, the Califor- Hon. 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