DHS has posted several documents and on-line
training to assist companies with the new Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS). The Chemical-Terrorism
Vulnerability Information (CVI) user training is now posted to
the DHS web site. Anyone who is required to submit a
Top-Screen needs to go through the on-line training. The
training takes approximately 30 minutes and can be found at:
http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/gc_1181835547413.shtm
Last week DHS
posted a copy of the Top-Screen questions and draft Users
Manual. Both of these will be modified when Appendix A is
finalized, but these documents should help facilities start to
get ready to prepare their Top-Screen submissions.
http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/gc_1169501486197.shtm
If you haven't
completed your facility registration, you may also find the new
DHS Registration Users Guide helpful.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_csatuserregismanual.pdf
At last week's DHS sponsored Security Summit in Alexandria,
DHS officials advised registering now and obtaining your user ID
and password and not wait until Appendix A is finalized.
For assistance with
CFATS Top Screen or other aspects of CFATS contact AcuTech at
our headquarters in Alexandria at (703) 399-7453 or the AcuTech
office nearest you.
