DHS Laws and Regulations Web Page Update 02-03-10

Wednesday DHS updated their Laws and Regulations web page in the Counterterrorism section of the web site. They have added links to the FY 2010 budget bill that extended the CFATS authorization to October 4th, 2010 and a revised version of the §550 authorization for CFATS reflecting all three of the amendments that have modified that section since it was passed into law in 2006.

DHS Laws & Regulations Web Page Updated 01-12-09

Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security updated the Laws & Regulations web page in the Counter-Terrorism section of their web site. They added the following information in the “Notices Posted in the Federal Register” section of the page:

“DHS request for comment on CFATS regulatory provisions for aboveground gasoline storage tanks. Published on January 12, 2010. The Department of Homeland Security invites public comment on issues related to certain regulatory provisions in the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) that apply to facilities that store gasoline in aboveground storage tanks. Written comments must be submitted on or before March 15, 2010.”

This change deals with the notice that I discussed in yesterday’s blog. I’m still more than a little surprised that DHS has not updated the Chemical Security “Statute” section of this page to reflect the extension of the CFATS authority that was included in the Homeland Security FY2010 budget bill.