Cfats 6 cfr part 27 pdf

Cfats legislation passed by congress and signed into law by the president. Actions browse the code of federal regulations help. Appendix a of the chemical facility antiterrorism standards cfats regulation 6 cfr part 27 lists more than 300 chemicals of interest coi, and their respective screening threshold quantities stq, which are categorized under three main security issues. The department is authorized to take this action under 27. Chemical of interest shall refer to a chemical listed in appendix a to part. Chemical facility antiterrorism standards federal register. Appendix a to part 27, as added on april 9, 2007 72 fr 17688 and revised by this rule is november 20, 2007. Federal register chemical facility antiterrorism standards. Dennis deziel, chemical security regulatory task force, department of. Visit the 6 cfr, part 27 federal regulations webpage for the cfats regulations. Title 6 domestic security chapter i department of homeland security, office of the secretary part 27 chemical facility.

Additionally, the regulations published in this document are effective november. With respect to chemical security, certain aspects of section 550 and tsas. Chemical facility antiterrorism standards cfats cisa. Initially authorized by congress in 2007 6 cfr part 27, the program uses a dynamic multitiered risk assessment process to identify highrisk chemical facilities. Appendix a list of chemicals to 6 cfr part 27 homeland security. Chemical facility antiterrorism standards personnel. Notifies the public that when the department transitions to csat 2. Read or download a printerfriendly cfats overview fact sheet. These regulations require certain highrisk chemical facilities to meet riskbased performance. Section 550 requires that dhs establish risk based performance standards rbps as part of cfats.