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Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Securing our nation’s high-risk chemicals from terrorist attack This paper was originally presented at the Southern Aerosol Technical Association (SATA) Spring Meeting David Wulf Director, Infrastrucure Securtiy Compliance Division Office of Infrastructure Protection National Protection & Programs Directorate Dept. of Homeland Security 22 Spray July 2016 steps to improve the safety and security of the U.S.’s chemical facilities. Events such as these serve as strong reminders of our shared responsibility to reduce the risks associated with hazardous chemicals, not only for employees, but also for communities. To fulfill this mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulates high-risk chemical facilities to ensure they have security measures in place to reduce the risks associated with the chemicals they possess. These risks range from the dangers of adverse consequences caused by the release of a chemical to the possibility of some chemicals being converted into weapons for harm and destruction. For all of these reasons and more, various chemicals used in the aerosol industry—such as disinfectants and other various household products—may trigger the regulation of facilities under the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. Since the inception of the CFATS program in 2007, DHS and chemical facilities across the country have been working together to improve onsite chemical facility security Chemicals are vital to our national economy. They are used in a wide variety of applications and, when used as intended, these chemicals better our lives. Countless industries, including the aerosol sector, depend on these chemicals to produce an assortment of specialty products, many of which consumers use in their daily lives. The aerosol industry is important both within the borders of the U.S., as well as abroad, employing hundreds of thousands of workers across the nation and the world. In the wrong hands, however, some of the chemicals used to produce aerosols can also be used for great harm. The devastating attack on the city of Paris last November, as well as the March bombings in Brussels, reflects the constantly-evolving threat landscape as we continue to take


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