Review – Bills Introduced – 4-2-26

 Yesterday, with the House and Senate meeting in pro forma sessions, there were 30 bills introduced. None of those bills will receive additional coverage in this blog. 

Space Geek Legislation  

I would like to mention one bill under my limited Space Geek coverage in this blog: 

HR 8187 To amend title 51, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to seek to establish the initial elements of a lunar outpost, and for other purposes. Self, Keith [Rep.-R-TX-3] 

For more information on these bills, including legislative history for similar bills in the 118th Congress, as well as a mention-in-passing of a bill regulating Chinese autonomous ground systems - see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/bills-introduced-4-2-26 - subscription required. 

Chemical Transportation Incidents – Week of 2-28-26

 Reporting Background 

See this post for explanation, with the most recent update here (removed from paywall). 

Data from PHMSA’s online database of transportation related chemical incidents that have been reported to the agency. 

Incidents Summary   

• Number of incidents – 424 (382 highway, 35 air, 7 rail, 0 water) 

• Serious incidents – 3 (3 Bulk release, 0 evacuation, 0 injury, 0 death, 0 major artery closed, 5 fire, 33 no release)  

• Largest container involved – 33,656-gal DOT 112J340W Railcar {Petroleum Gases, Liquefied or Liquefied Petroleum Gas} Liquid line valve slightly open and the plug less than tool tight. 

• Largest amount spilled – 7303-gal Unspecified DOT Truck {Nitrogen, Refrigerated Liquid (Cryogenic Liquid)} Trailer-tire fire destroyed gasket upstream of pressure builder. 

• Total amount reported spilled in all incidents – 10,779.4-gal 

NOTE: Links above are to Form 5800.1 for the described incidents. 

Most Interesting Chemical: Cameo Page not working today.(Source: CameoChemicals.NOAA.gov).  

Review – 3 Advisories and 2 Updates Published – 4-2-26

 Today CISA’s NCCIC-ICS published two control system security advisories for products from Hitachi Energy, Yokogawa, and Siemens. They also updated advisories for products from Schneider Electric and Gardyn. 

Advisories Hitachi Energy Advisory - this advisory discusses a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the Hitachi Energy Ellipse product. 

NOTE: I breifly discussed this vulnerability on February 28th, 2026. 

Yokogawa Advisory - This advisory describes a use of hard-coded password vulnerability in the Yokogawa CENTUM VP products. 

NOTE: I briefly discussed this vulnerability on March 29th, 2026. 

Siemens Advisory - This advisory describes two vulnerabilities in the Siemens SICAM 8 products. 

NOTE: I briefly discussed this vulnerability on March 29th, 2026. 

Updates Schneider Update - This update provides additional information on the EcoStruxure advisory that was originally published on February 6th, 2025, and most recently updated on October 23rd, 2025. 

NOTE: I briefly dicussed the Schneider update on March 16th, 2026. 

Gardyn Update - This update provides additional information on the Home Kit advisory that was originally published on February 4th, 2026. 

For more information on these advisories, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/3-advisories-and-2-updates-published-bc4 - subscription required.