tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122514974659083342.post6847147608102705555..comments2024-02-02T22:30:20.736-05:00Comments on Chemical Facility Security News: NACD Opposes ISTPJCoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390039682578324978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122514974659083342.post-71483934142759330552010-07-28T15:12:31.281-04:002010-07-28T15:12:31.281-04:00This is an excellent description of the issues tha...This is an excellent description of the issues that chemical distributors would face in considering inherently safer technologies. The point about distributors having the materials on site that their customers seek to buy is the key issue. Chemical distributors maintain specific inventories of products in order to respond to the needs of these customers. For these facilities, IST assessments would produce limited options that would not justify the cost and effort of the exercises themselves. I would like to clarify that both H.R. 2868 as passed by the House of Representatives and S. 3599 as recently introduced by Senator Lautenberg would in fact impose IST consideration requirements on chemical distributors. These bills make no distinctions among the types of facilities. All tiered facilities under CFATS would be required to conduct the IST assessments. Because of this and the fact that the CFATS program is still being implemented, NACD prefers the approach taken in the bill passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee this morning as described in a press release we issued today at http://www.nacd.com/news/home.aspx?newsID=481.Jennifer Gibson, NACDnoreply@blogger.com