Substack Daily Updates – 5-29-25
Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:
OMB Approves 2 PHMSA Regulatory Review ANPRMs – Results of reviews required under EO 14154 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/omb-approves-2-phmsa-regulatory-review.html
Review – HR 2613 Introduced - Next-Gen Pipelines – Would establish a new DOE pipeline grant program for low- to mid-technology projects – A total of $95-million authorized by the bill – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-hr-2613-introduced-next-gen.html
Review – 5 Advisories Published – 5-29-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from Instantel, Consilium and Simens (2) – Plus a medical device security advisory for products from Santesoft – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-5-advisories-published-5-29-25.html
Short Takes – 5-29-25 – Psyche fuel line switch – Rocket test for new airliner – N Korea side launch fiasco – Brain chemical transport – CISA exodus – Northrup supports Firefly – H5N1 vaccine program defunded – EO 14299 thru EO 14303 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/05/short-takes-5-29-25.html
I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):
I posted the following comment to a discussion on LinkedIn about the use of a water fire suppression system over TCCA at BioLab: “Part of the reasoning is that high-flow water puts out the fire while diluting the exposed TCCA enough that the decomposition reaction is controlled. It is low flow water (leaking water systems) that cause the problem. Interesting question about the design basis for determining what was an adequate water flow. I am more concerned about the practice of continuing to use brass fixtures (most common firefighting fixtures) once it became obvious that the product outgassed material that corroded those fixtures to the point of failure.”