ISCD Publishes CFATS Update – 09-07-18

On Friday the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) published their latest update of statistics on the implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. This month the figures indicate that more facilities were added to the program than left and there was a significant increase in the number of facilities with an approved site security plan.

ISCD Activities

The table below summarizes the activities that ISCD undertook to support the CFATS program.

CFATS Activities	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18
Authorization Inspections to Date	3713	3768	3822
Authorization Inspections Month	66	44	68
Compliance Inspections to Date	3684	3752	3819
Compliance Inspections Month	131	59	78
Compliance Assistance Visits to Date	4463	4598	4749
Compliance Assistance Visits Month	113	103	158

We see a significant increase in activities over the low of the previous month. This would tend to indicate that last month’s lower than normal numbers were probably related to vacations and the 4^th of July holiday.

Facility Status

The table below shows the status of facilities in the CFATS program at the end of the month (my best guess of the effective date of the data).

CFATS Facility Status	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18
Tiered	216	213	218
Authorized	623	618	562
Approved	2528	2531	2586
Total	3367	3362	3366

The data shows the first net increase in the number of covered facilities since February. From the data presented it is not clear if that increase is due to an unusual number of new facilities submitting Top Screens (probably mainly in July) or if there were fewer facilities exiting the program due to changes in their COI or security posture.