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TSA Pipeline Security Program Status Update

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) held its monthly Pipeline Security Program stakeholder conference call today and announced that it plans to complete at least 20 corporate security reviews in FY2021. To date, TSA has received commitments from 11 operators for FY2021 corporate security reviews. TSA is actively discussing future corporate security reviews with 14 other operators and will be contacting 7 additional operators in the coming weeks. TSA also indicated that 115 facilities are due for facility security reviews in FY2021. TSA is actively scheduling facility security reviews but is allowing some facilities to defer security reviews due to COVID-19 related concerns.

ANPRM on the Removal of Certain Division 1.1 Explosives from CFATS

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that considers removing certain Division 1.1 explosives from the list of regulated Chemicals of Interest in Appendix A of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulation.

The ANPRM on the Removal of Certain Explosive Chemicals from the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards would remove forty-nine Division 1.1 explosive chemicals from Appendix A. Division 1.1 explosive chemicals are also subject to security regulations implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

An ANPRM is the first step in the rulemaking process and is intended to gather public input and stakeholder feedback. The ANPRM on the Removal of Certain Explosive Chemicals from the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards is open for comment for sixty days to March 7, 2021.