Death of CFATS

Quick plug for Patrick Coyle who has written for us on this subject previously, but also is the 'go to' for anything on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). CFATS has been the driving force behind keeping American chemical facilities safe from terrorists for nearly 20 years (more information here). Now, as Patrick mentions in depth, Congress has not extended the programme and it will come to and end, removing infrastructure that kept facilities that dealt with a wide variety of dangerous chemicals safe. It has not been replaced by anything, will save a relatively small amount of money and could easily have been saved. Patrick states that industry is trying to get the decision reversed and I am sure that the whole hazmat would back it too... 

The Chemical Security Summit is coming up at the end of the month, and it is likely to be a landmark one... to learn more about CISA, CFATS and the Summit, check out last year's presentations