Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2011

reaches multiple disciplines, including Federal, State, and local government officials, commercial personnel and management, and governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers;

provides training at the awareness, performance, and management and planning levels;

uses multiple training mediums and methods;

is coordinated with training provided by government training facilities, academic institutions, private organizations, and other entities that provide specialized, state-of-the-art training for governmental and nongovernmental emergency responder providers or commercial personnel and management;

uses, as appropriate, government training facilities, courses provided by community colleges, public safety academies, State and private universities, and other facilities;

is consistent with, and supports implementation of, the National Incident Management System, the National Response Framework, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, and other such national initiatives, and any successors thereto;

is evaluated against clear and consistent performance measures;

addresses security requirements under chemical facility security plans; and

educates, trains, and involves individuals in neighborhoods around chemical facilities on how to observe and report security risks.

scaled and tailored to the needs of each chemical facility;

for the highest risk chemical facilities, as determined by the Secretary, live training exercises;

as realistic as practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences;

consistent with the National Incident Management System, the National Response Framework, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, and other such national initiatives, and any successors thereto;

evaluated against clear and consistent performance measures;

assessed to learn best practices, which shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, commercial personnel and management, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, and the private sector;

followed by remedial action in response to lessons learned; and

designed to assist State and local governments and chemical facilities in designing, implementing, and evaluating exercises that—

reduce the risk or consequences associated with a successful act of terrorism against a covered chemical facility, including the reduction of risk or consequences—

aid in compliance with the risk-based performance standards applicable to the covered chemical facility under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.

In general

The decision to—

No required assessment

The Secretary may not require the owner or operator of a covered chemical facility to—

Site security plan review

If the site security plan for a covered chemical facility satisfies the risk-based performance standards applicable to the covered chemical facility under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, the Secretary may not disapprove the site security plan based on—

Effect on tiering

At the request of the owner or operator of a covered chemical facility, the Secretary shall advise the owner or operator of the overall effect that implementing all categories of assistance or recommendations provided by the Secretary under this section would have on the determination by the Secretary—

Civil liability

to the extent that the information may reveal vulnerabilities or other details of the security capabilities of a covered chemical facility that may be exploited by terrorists, be protected as chemical-terrorism vulnerability information under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; and

to the extent that the information may reveal trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is not customarily in the public domain, be protected as though the information was voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information under section 214, except that the requirement under section 214 that the information be voluntarily submitted, including the requirement for an express statement specified in section 214(a)(2), shall not apply to information obtained under this section.

not less than 5 owners or operators of covered chemical facilities;

not less than 2 employees of covered chemical facilities with direct responsibility for process design and engineering, production and operations, or chemical process security; and

not less than 2 other experts in the fields of chemistry, security, process design and engineering, process controls and instrumentation, environmental health and safety, maintenance, production and operations, or chemical process security.