Yesterday, CISA’s Office of Chemical Security (OCS) updated the landing page for the now expired Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. They added an announcement for the termination of the CFATS program which includes the statement:
“Therefore, CISA cannot enforce compliance with the CFATS regulations at this time. This means that CISA will not require facilities to report their chemicals of interest or submit any information in CSAT, perform inspections, or provide CFATS compliance assistance, amongst other activities. CISA can no longer require facilities to implement their CFATS Site Security Plan or CFATS Alternative Security Program.”
The announcement went on to encourage facilities to continue to maintain their current security procedures and processes, and closed by noting:
“If CFATS is reauthorized, CISA will follow up with facilities in the future. To reach us, please contact CFATS@hq.dhs.gov.”
It looks like the same announcement has been added to other
existing CFATS web pages, with the exception of the CFATS Knowledge Center page
which still has the original termination statement about which I
reported last week. On the limited number of CFATS web pages that I have
checked, the program information that was available before last week’s program
termination remains on those pages.
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