Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Federal Register Notice (FRN) for Agricultural Production Facilities
CFATS Announcement
As of July 28, 2023, Congress has allowed the statutory authority for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program (6 CFR Part 27) to expire.
Therefore, CISA cannot enforce compliance with the CFATS regulations at this time. This means that CISA will not require facilities to report their chemicals of interest or submit any information in CSAT, perform inspections, or provide CFATS compliance assistance, amongst other activities. CISA can no longer require facilities to implement their CFATS Site Security Plan or CFATS Alternative Security Program.
CISA encourages facilities to maintain security measures. CISA’s voluntary ChemLock resources are available on the ChemLock webpages.
If CFATS is reauthorized, CISA will follow up with facilities in the future. To reach us, please contact CFATS@hq.dhs.gov.
This is the CISA Guidance cover sheet for the Notice to Agricultural Facilities About Requirement To Complete Chemical Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen.
Summary: In this Federal Register notice, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would not require certain agricultural facilities to submit a Top-Screen as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program if it possessed only chemicals of interest (COI) used for certain agricultural processes.