Facilities Weigh ‘Self-Regulation’ To Maintain CFATS Protections Amid Lapse

A chemical-sector trade group is laying out ways facilities can maintain their current recordkeeping and security practices even after Congress allowed the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program to expire, saying companies still have options to continue many of its protections as they wait for a reauthorization vote. “It seems to me we’re in a phase of self-regulation that is beyond paperwork,” said Robert Brubaker, counsel for Ohio law firm Porter Wright, during an Aug. 24 webinar hosted by the...