Substack Daily Updates – 10-4-24

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• APHIS and CDC send Bio-Toxin Final Rules to OMB – These two rulemakings support the biennial update of the Select Toxin list – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/aphis-and-cdc-send-bio-toxin-final.html

• Transportation Chemical Incidents – Week of 8-31-24 – 523 Incidents (503 highway, 17 air, 3 rail) – 3 serious incidents (2 Bulk release, 1 evacuation, 1 fire, 26 no release) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/transportation-chemical-incidents-week.html

• Review – NIST Publishes RFI for Safety of Chemical/Biological AI Models – May affect future AISI biosecurity evaluation and mitigation activities – Short Version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/review-nist-publishes-rfi-for-safety-of.html

• PHMSA – Hazardous Matters – October-December 2024 – Email newsletter from PHMSA about hazmat shipping – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/phmsa-hazardous-matters-october.html

• Short Takes – 10-4-24 – Industrial cyberattacks – Which search engine? – Vulcan launch problem – DOE cyber research – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2024/10/short-takes-10-4-24.html