Substack Daily Updates – 1-18-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 1-11-24 – Part 1 – A very busy cyber week – for Part 1 we have 37 vendor advisories – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/01/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of-1_18.html

• Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 1-11-25 – 2 incidents, on probable CSB reportable – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/01/chemical-incident-reporting-week-of-1.html

• OMB Announces Withdrawal of CFATS NPRM – Either Congress is unlikely to restore CFATS authorization, or Trump Administration is unlikely to try to force reinstatement – Either way, CFATS is dead – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/01/omb-announces-withdrawal-of-cfats-nprm.html

• OMB Announces Approval of Pipeline Leak Detection Final Rule – Maybe – Odd language in OIRA’s ‘concluded action’ announcement – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/01/omb-announces-approval-of-pipeline-leak.html

• Short Takes – 1-18-25 – Noem bashes CISA – Tik Tok ban consequences – Egg prices going up – ADS vehicle NPRM – EO 14144, more cybersecurity – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/01/short-takes-1-18-25.html

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• Reply to Sarah Ferris @sarahnferris on X (https://x.com/pjcoyle/status/1880690496324178207) about possible discharge petition already being threatened in the House – “Amazing that we are hearing talk of a discharge petition this early in the session. Just shows that moderate Republicans may be able to accomplish more than their radical counterparts in the 119th.”