Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Personnel Surety Program

CFATS Personnel Surety requires high-risk chemical facility to implement measures designed to identify people with terrorist ties. For the purposes of the CFATS Personnel Surety Program, ‘people’ in Risk-Based Performance Standards (RBPS) 12(iv) is in reference to affected individuals (i.e., facility personnel or unescorted visitors with or seeking access to restricted areas or critical assets at high-risk chemical facilities). RBPS 12 requires high-risk chemical facilities to perform appropriate background checks on and ensure appropriate credentials for facility personnel, and, as appropriate, unescorted visitors with access to restricted areas or critical assets.

The latest form for Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Personnel Surety Program expires 2022-05-31 and can be found here.