ISCD Updates 4 FAQ Responses – 11-9-20

Today the CISA Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) updated the responses to two frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Knowledge Center web page.

The following FAQ responses were revised:

FAQ #81 How do I register for the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT)?

FAQ #1194 Are facilities, particularly colleges and universities, able to avoid reporting certain chemical(s) of interest (COI) in their Top-Screen?

FAQ #1228 How is the screening threshold quantity (STQ) calculated for ammonium nitrate (AN) [with more than 0.2 percent combustible substance, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance]?

FAQ #1274 How can a person contact the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) Help Desk?

NOTE: The links provided for the FAQs in this post were copied from the CFATS Knowledge Center but may not work when followed from your machine. This is an artifact of that web site. If the links do not take you to the referenced FAQ you will have to use the ‘Advanced Search’ function on the page to link to the FAQ or download the ‘All FAQs’ document at the bottom of the ‘Advanced Search’ page.

The following changes were made in the referenced responses:

FAQ #81 Editorial substitution of ‘follow’ for ‘following’ in first sentence,

FAQ #1194 Editorial addition of ‘)’ after first CFR site,

FAQ #1228 Editorial removal of second ‘.’ after “5,000 pounds” in second paragraph, and

FAQ #1274 No apparent change except for date.