Responsible Care - Transportation Emergency Assistance Plan (TEAP)

CCPA Ethics | Codes of Practice | Transportation Emergency Assistance Plan (TEAP)

Sulco Chemicals Limited is part of a TEAP team. The purpose is to provide mutual assistance in the form of trained and equipped personnel to assist at chemical transportation emergencies involving chemicals transported in Canada by participants in the plan in order to protect and minimize the risk to people, the environment and property.

The role of the TEAP Coordinator upon notification of a transportation emergency includes:

• Notify the local police
• Notify the local fire department
• Notify the Emergency Response Contractor
• Notify the Ministry of Environment
• Notify/dispatch a Technical Advisor
• Perform a communications centre function, act as liaison between the site and/or Technical Advisor and resources including information and support
• Recording events as they occur

The role of a TEAP Technical Advisor includes:

• Arrival at the scene of the emergency within 6 hours of notification in a safe manner
• Report to the official in charge of the emergency
• Report to the TEAP Support Team
• Provide Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS's) on the chemicals involved, in an advisory capacity
• Perform a public relations and media relations function as a spokesperson on behalf of the company
• Maintain communications with the TEAP Coordinator

Transportation Policy

Sulco Chemicals Ltd. is committed to continuous improvement in safety and the reduction of accidents. The purpose is to prevent injury to people and damage to the environment during the transportation cycle.

Sulco Chemicals Limited will abide by the principles of Responsible Care®. The transportation policy promotes risk reduction in all aspects of the transportation of chemicals along all transportation corridors from the source to destination.

Sulco Chemicals Ltd. will:

• Have written standards and procedures which govern all aspects of transportation of chemicals including waste, over which Sulco Chemicals Ltd. has control.
• Identify and evaluate, on a regular basis, the hazards and associated risks to people and to the environment, from the transportation cycle.
• Work actively, alone or through selected organizations, to assist governments in developing public legislation, and regulations governing transportation of chemicals.
• Have an active program designed to continuously improve safety and to prevent accidents during transportation of chemicals.
• Know the laws and regulations governing all phases of transportation, and meet or exceed them in letter and in spirit.
• Co-operate with and assist the transportation industry in reducing the risks associated with the carriage of chemicals.
• Have an up-to-date and operational transportation emergency response plan.
• Have a program, consistent with the Canadian Chemical Producers Association's communities right-to-know policy, which responds to people potentially affected along transportation corridors.