NPRA Welcomes Senate Committee Vote to Extend CFATS

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued the following statement welcoming today's bipartisan passage by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of S. 473, the "Continuing Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Security Act of 2011." Approval of this legislation extends the current program into 2014.

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"Today's bipartisan vote is an important step forward in making the current Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program permanent. The current program's risk-based performance standards strengthen our nation's critical infrastructure. We welcome this move to provide America's fuel and petrochemical manufacturers with the regulatory certainty and a stable framework for the future so they can continue working successfully with government agencies to strengthen America's national security."

SOURCE National Petrochemical & Refiners Association

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