Request a Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Compliance Assistance Visit

CISA offers Compliance Assistance Visits (CAVs) to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) covered facilities and chemical facilities of interest for a variety of reasons, including assistance with determining chemicals of interest (COI) reporting requirements, submitting a Top-Screen, developing a Site Security Plan (SSP), editing an SSP based on a change in security posture or tiering, or assistance with complying with any other part of the CFATS regulation.

To request a CAV, please email the following information to CFATS@hq.dhs.gov. CISA will review and respond within approximately two weeks of receiving the request.

  1. Point of contact name and preferred method of contact (e.g., phone number, email address).
  2. Facility ID.
  3. Company name.
  4. Specific CFATS-related issue(s) of particular interest to the facility.
  5. Preferred location for the CAV. Please specify if a CAV will be held at the headquarters of a corporation with multiple CFATS-covered facilities.
  6. Proposed date and time for the CAV.