ISCD Publishes CFATS Update – 10-03-18

Yesterday the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) published their monthly The number of facilities in the program continued the slight increase we saw in the previous month and there is continued, long-term improvement in the number of facilities with approved site security update of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) implementation statistics. plans.

Facility Status

The table below shows the reported status of facilities covered under the CFATS program. The decline in the number of Tiered and Authorized facilities continues to reflect the expected movement of facilities through the SSP submission and approval process.

CFATS Facility Status	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep-18
Tiered	213	218	211
Authorized	618	562	493
Approved	2531	2586	2665
Total	3362	3366	3369

ISCD Activities

The table below shows the reported activities that the DHS chemical security inspectors (CSI) from ISCD undertook in the support of the CFATS program in September.

CFATS Activities	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep- 18
Authorization Inspections to Date	3768	3822	3854
Authorization Inspections Month	44	68	35
Compliance Inspections to Date	3752	3819	3891
Compliance Inspections Month	59	78	71
Compliance Assistance Visits to Date	4598	4749	4897
Compliance Assistance Visits Month	103	158	126

It is hard to judge the fluctuations in the number of activities undertaken by CSI. Each facility is different and would be expected to require differing amounts of time and number of inspectors involved to complete the reported inspections or visits. Additionally, ISCD does not report on the different types of training activities that its personnel require, nor does this report show changes in the number of CSI employed by the program.