"Domestic WMD Incident Management Legal Deskbook"
Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

http://www.dtra.mil/news/deskbook/index.html

The DTRA Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (ASCO) agreed to fund and the DTRA Office of the General Counsel agreed to manage a two-year effort to produce a Domestic WMD Incident Management Legal Deskbook for distribution to Federal attorneys responsible for responding to a WMD event.

The purpose of this Deskbook is to identify legal authorities available to Executive Branch Departments and Agencies responding to a WMD event involving terrorism or an accident. The Deskbook consists of five major sections and appendices:
Section One: Overview of the Response Structure
Section Two: The Federal Response in the Absence of an Emergency or
Major Disaster Declaration
Section Three: The Federal Response to a National Emergency or Major
Disaster Declaration
Section Four: Medical and Liability Issues
Section Five: Communications Issues
Appendix A: List of Acronyms
Appendix B: Complete text of all Federal references and a comprehensive list of State laws related to emergency management
Appendix C: National Guard Status and Available Resources
Appendix D: Looking Ahead