On Tuesday, June 24^th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began releasing their responses to the Top Screen submissions that provide companies with a Preliminary Tier Level, commonly called their Tier Letter.

While many consultants claim to be Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) experts, Huffmaster served as a key participant during the Pilot of the Security Vulnerability Assessments (SVAs) by preparing the SVAs for nearly 10% of the selected pilot sites. DHS compliance teams reviewed – and accepted – the processes we deployed for our clients.

Huffmaster has taken this direct experience and developed several options to assist companies in completing their required SVAs as a part of our exclusive SecurCHEM™ chemical security program.

"It is likely that many companies will be able to complete their SVAs without hiring a consultant to do this for them," says Wade Pinnell, Vice President of Huffmaster's Premium Security Group. "The SVA Tool developed by DHS is intended to be user-friendly and abbreviates the standard SVA process significantly."

On Thursday, July 10^th, Huffmaster will host a free 1-hour webinar to update companies on this process and provide some self-help insight.  You can register for the free webinar by visiting www.huffmaster.com/register. We will send each participant the time and a link to the webinar before July 4th.

Huffmaster also plans to offer a series of 1-day seminars to help prepare companies to work with the online tools. We will announce the dates, locations and registration process for the these SVA seminars in the upcoming weeks. Please go to the Chemical Security section of our website for the latest news and information.

For those companies with more complex environments or who prefer a "turn-key" solution, Huffmaster is available to provide dedicated, experienced, on-site support for the entire SVA process.

For more information about our broader range of SecurCHEM services, contact Wade Pinnell at 800.446.1515 or email him at wpinnell@huffmaster.com. You also can visit our website at http://www.huffmaster.com/ and download SecurCHEM materials from our Resource Center.