---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 27.225"
title: "6"
number: "27.225"
heading: "Site security plans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/27.225"
---

# §27.225. Site security plans.

- (a) The Site Security Plan must meet the following standards:
  - (1) Address each vulnerability identified in the facility's Security Vulnerability Assessment, and identify and describe the security measures to address each such vulnerability;
  - (2) Identify and describe how security measures selected by the facility will address the applicable risk-based performance standards and potential modes of terrorist attack including, as applicable, vehicle-borne explosive devices, water-borne explosive devices, ground assault, or other modes or potential modes identified by the Department;
  - (3) Identify and describe how security measures selected and utilized by the facility will meet or exceed each applicable performance standard for the appropriate risk-based tier for the facility; and
  - (4) Specify other information the Executive Assistant Director deems necessary regarding chemical facility security.
- (b) Except as provided in [§ 27.235](/cfr/6/27.235.md), a covered facility must complete the Site Security Plan through the CSAT process, or through any other methodology or process identified or issued by the Executive Assistant Director.
- (c) Covered facilities must submit a Site Security Plan to the Department in accordance with the schedule provided in [§ 27.210](/cfr/6/27.210.md).
- (d) **Updates and revisions.**
  - (1) When a covered facility updates, revises, or otherwise alters its Security Vulnerability Assessment pursuant to [§ 27.215(d)](/cfr/6/27.215.md?p=d), the covered facility shall make corresponding changes to its Site Security Plan.
  - (2) A covered facility must also update and revise its Site Security Plan in accordance with the schedule in [§ 27.210](/cfr/6/27.210.md).
- (e) A covered facility must conduct an annual audit of its compliance with its Site Security Plan.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, as amended at 86 FR 41892, Aug. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 624; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; Pub. L. 113-254, 128 Stat. 2898, as amended by Pub. L. 116-150, 134 Stat. 679.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, as amended at 86 FR 41892, Aug. 4, 2021]