OCS Updates CFATS Monthly Statistics – 4-1-21

Yesterday CISA’s Office of Chemical Security updated their CFATS Monthly Statistics page to reflect the activities of the chemical security inspectors of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program and the status of facilities covered by that program for the month of March 2021.

CSI Activities

The table below reflects the reported activities for chemical security inspectors for the last four months.

Inspection Data	Dec-20	Jan-21	Feb-21	Mar-21
Authorization Inspections	8	11	17	16
Compliance Inspections	35	69	97	93
Compliance Assistance	36	205	152	114
Compliance Audit	0	5	18	10

Compliance assistance visits dropped off last month, but that is more a function of requests by the regulated community than organizational planning by OCS.

Facility Status

The table below reports the month end status of facilities currently regulated under the CFATS program.

Facility Status	Dec-20	Jan-21	Feb-21	Mar-21
Tiered	81	103	100	86
Authorized	141	152	153	139
Approved	3058	3037	3027	3057
Total	3280	3292	3280	3282

It is hard to tell for sure from the reported statistics, but it looks that, while there was a net increase in covered facilities last month, there still could have been a couple of facilities that were removed from coverage under the CFATS program.