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What is the definition of A Commercial Grade (ACG) for the purposes of CFATS? Specifically, under Appendix A of the Chemical facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), 6 CFR Part 27, if a chemical facility manufactures or otherwise possesses a Theft/Diversion or Sabotage chemical of interest (COI) but does not directly offer the chemical for commercial sale, does the facility need to count the chemical toward the applicable screening threshold quantity to determine if the facility must submit a Top-Screen to DHS? Under 6 CFR §§ 27.204(b)(3) and 27.204(c), a facility must count all “commercial grades” of any Theft/Diversion COI (in transportation packaging) that could be used to produce explosives or to produce improvised explosive devices (IED) or precursors (Theft/Diversion-EXP/IEDP) as well as any Sabotage COI which the facility ships and placar . . . Article Number: 1661 Last Modified: November 19, 2010 Date Published: November 19, 2010
Colleges & Universities And the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Brochure Colleges & Universities And the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Brochure . . . Article Number: 1719 Last Modified: December 21, 2010 Date Published: December 21, 2010
There are chemicals of interest in the piping at my facility. What do I count and how do I count it toward the STQ? Pursuant to § 27.203(b)(1)(i), facilities must include release chemicals in a vessel, as defined by 40 CFR § 68.3. The definition of a "vessel" includes piping. When determining if the facility possesses the applicable screening threshold quantity, the following are provided for purposes of applying this re . . . FAQ Number: 1382 Last Modified: May 22, 2009 Date Published: May 22, 2009
How is the STQ for Sabotage/Contamination chemicals of interest calculated in a mixture? As provided in §27.204(c), a facility shall count toward the STQ the total quantity of all commercial grades of a sabotage/contamination chemical that it possesses unless specific minimum concentration is assigned in the Minimum Concentration column of Appendix A to 6 CFR 27, in which case the facility should count the total qu . . . FAQ Number: 1437 Last Modified: June 19, 2008 Date Published: June 19, 2008
What is included when determining whether a facility possesses an amount of a theft/diversion chemical of interest COI for theft/diversion chemicals? Pursuant to 6 CFR 27.203(c), a facility shall only include theft/diversion COI in a transportation packaging as defined in 49 CFR 171.8. Additional information on the treatment of theft/diversion COI under CFATS can be found in the preamble to Appendix A to CFATS at 72 FR 65403 to 65405.
. . . FAQ Number: 1481 Last Modified: May 22, 2009 Date Published: May 22, 2009
How does a facility count the amount of release-flammable mixture with an NFPA rating of 4 if it is stored in either below or above ground tank(s)? If a release-flammable chemical of interest is present in a mixture in a concentration equal to or greater than one percent (1%) by weight of the mixture, and the mixture has an NFPA flammability hazard rating of 4, the facility counts the entire weight of the mixture toward the STQ. If a release-flammable chemical of interest is present . . . FAQ Number: 1288 Last Modified: December 14, 2007 Date Published: December 14, 2007
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