Saturday, September 8, 2018

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 4th 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.

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