RUETGERS Canada Inc. Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association CAP Group June 16, 2011
Slide 2 Ruetgers Canada Inc. 10/5/2011 HIEA CAP Meeting June 16/11 Agenda • Ruetgers Canada Facility Upgrade 2011 • Responsible Care Re-verification of Feb 2011
Ruetgers Canada General Description Slide 3 Location: Strategically located near steel operations and on the Hamilton Harbour Plant Size: 14 acres (approximately) Business: Coal Tar Processing Employees: 73 Raw Material: Coal Tar Main Products: – Coal tar pitches for aluminum and graphite electrode industries – Refined tars – pitch/oil blends – Coal tar distillates – creosote, carbon black oil feedstock, naphthalene oil
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Slide 5 Facility Upgrade 2011 10/5/2011 • Site Upgrades: – One 8,500 mt pitch storage tank – One railcar loading spot (2 stations) – One railcar unloading spot (2 stations) – One truck loading station (2 loading arms) – One Hot Oil system (4 MMBTUH) – Transfer system to move pitch from the new storage tank to existing plant product storage tanks
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Facility Upgrade 2011 Slide 9
Slide 10 Facility Upgrade 2011 10/5/2011 Certificate of Approval amendment required - New assets to be connected to existing emission control systems - No increase in site emissions for the key substances - benzo(a)pyrene - Total Reduced Sulfur - Hydrogen Sulfide - Naphthalene Timeline: Completion in early Q4 2011
Slide 11 Ruetgers Canada Inc. 10/5/2011 HIEA CAP Meeting June 16/11 Responsible Care Reverification Feb 2011
Slide 12 Responsible Care 10/5/2011 • An ethic for the safe and environmentally sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle. • Initiative of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC)…formerly the CCPA • Adopted in over 50 countries • In 2010, after 25 years, the new Responsible Care Ethic and Principles for Sustainability were launched. • Sustainability: the betterment of society, the economy and the environment • Responsible Care makes good business sense
The Responsible Care Ethic in Simple Terms “Do the right thing and be seen to do the right thing”
Responsible Care Framework Performance L Verified by peers & the public Codes of Practice Ethic & Principles Above implemented using a management system
Slide 15 Ruetgers Canada’s Responsible Care Reverification 2011 10/5/2011 2011 Reverification Results The team has a high degree of comfort that Ruetgers decision making and actions are underpinned by the Responsible Care Ethic, and that its management systems are self-healing, and seeking to continuously improve and to identify deficiencies and will likely act to correct them in a timely manner. Findings Requiring Action Conduct an exercise involving local first responders, which includes a critique and corrective actions. Do a periodic audit of waste contractors. Next Reverification: Q2 2012
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