ISCD Published CFATS Update – 11-01-18

Today the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) revised the CFATS Statistics web page to reflect data from October 2018. The numbers show a continued increase in the number of facilities with approved site security plans (80.2%) and a resumption of the slow decline in the number of covered facilities after slight increases in the two previous months.

The first table below outlines the activities completed by the ISCD chemical facility inspectors over the last three months. The total number of reported activities continues to show a general decline since February, but it is hard to do a reasonable statistical analysis of the trend because of a clear definition of the time frame for which the data is reported. Further, trying to assess the rate of CSI utilization from this data is complicated by the fact that the number of CSI involved in any activity varies with the complexity and size of the facility involved.

CFATS Activities	Aug-18	Sep- 18	Oct-18
Authorization Inspections to Date	3822	3854	3875
Authorization Inspections Month	68	35	25
Compliance Inspections to Date	3819	3891	3995
Compliance Inspections Month	78	71	106
Compliance Assistance Visits to Date	4749	4897	5008
Compliance Assistance Visits Month	158	126	121

The second table below shows the status of facilities currently covered by the CFATS program. The recent two-month uptick in the number of covered facilities (the ‘Total’ line in the table) has been an anomalous in the history of the program; generally speaking (with notable exceptions) facilities have a number of economic incentives to minimize their chemical security risk through reducing the number of DHS chemicals of interest (COI) on the facility or reducing the maximum inventory quantity of those COI remaining.

CFATS Facility Status	Aug-18	Sep-18	Oct-18
Tiered	218	211	205
Authorized	562	493	456
Approved	2586	2665	2701
Total	3366	3369	3362

Still missing from the monthly reporting (and at this point this is practically a pro forma comment) is any information on the compliance rate for facility inspections.