Facility Security

Just as Memorial Day weekend marked the beginning of summer, June 1st marks the official beginning of the 2019 hurricane season.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “AFPM commends the bipartisan efforts of House and Senate leaders to pass a short-term reauthorization of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.

There aren’t many production facilities in the country more secure than refineries. Leaders in the fuel and petrochemical industries pride themselves on workplace safety and security, which is evident based on even a cursory glance at any AFPM member’s annual security report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5729, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018

Before I stated my career at AFPM in 2003, there was a committee called the “Computer Committee”. 

Jessica Falcon, Branch Chief for Compliance at the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division and Josiah Hortega, Acting Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division of the Department of Homeland Security discuss CFATS.

It’s been two and a half years since Congress granted the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program long-term authorization.

Government overreach is an issue that strikes a bipartisan chord.  For some, the May 19th ruling by a federal appeals court – which eliminates the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) 2015 requirement that hobbyists register their drones – may serve as a badge of freedom from the perpetual gaze of “Big Brother.”