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THE MAGAZINE OF CANADA’S CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY
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The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) has released its new
Responsible Care® Progress Report
. Read the report highlights here.
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A Grassroots Approach to Advocacy
CIAC is constantly seeking new and better ways to communicate with government and others.
Advocacy and communication are essential to build awareness and generate support for the industry.
BY PIERRE GAUTHIER
Sarnia’s Hybrid
Chemistry Cluster
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New RCLG Chairman Dr. Hans-Jürgen Korte has taken on a huge task with ambitious goals to focus on global challenges facing the industry.
BY FRANCIS GILLIS
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The Evolution of a Hybrid Chemistry Cluster in Sarnia, Ontario
The bioeconomy is in its infancy and needs nurturing to support broad scale commercialization, but things are beginning to happen in Canada. Learn more here.
BY A.J. SANDY MARSHALL
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The award, administered by the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), was presented at the CIC/SCI Awards dinner in Toronto on April 4.
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Since 2006, CIAC – through the multi-association Industry Coordinating
Group for
CEPA (CEPA ICG) – has worked closely with industry and government officials to make improvements in CMP administration and approaches. Good progress was made in 2013, with many notable achievements.
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CIAC members pride themselves on voluntarily going above and beyond regulations, and this advocacy success in Ontario is an example of their Responsible Care® commitment to ensure the safety of their plant communities.
BY BOB MASTERSON
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As the chemistry industry prepares to tackle societal challenges of the future, investment in science education is becoming ever-more important. BASF Canada and
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ON FEBRUARY 19, the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
(CIAC) released its new Responsible Care® Progress Report , highlighting its members’ performance in workplace and transportation safety, resource conservation, product stewardship, community engagement, and emissions and waste reduction.
Based on data from Environment Canada’s National Pollutant
Release Inventory and other sources, the report builds on CIAC’s more than 20-year track record of monitoring and reporting members’ emissions through Responsible Care® – the association’s U.N.recognized sustainability initiative.
Since 1992, CIAC members have:
• reduced discharges to water by 98 per cent;
• reduced emissions of toxins targeted by the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act by 89 per cent;
• substantially reduced emissions of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (by 61 per cent) and sulphur dioxide (by 85 per cent);
• reduced the global-warming potential of their operations by
65 per cent;
• reduced the number of injuries and illnesses at their workplaces by more than 70 per cent; and
• reduced their production of hazardous waste for disposal by
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By Pierre Gauthier
THE CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY
Association of Canada (CIAC) is an association that is highly focused on building advocacy strategies and campaigns to promote and protect the interests of its membership; we must constantly nurture working relationships and establish open channels of communication with policy influencers and decision-makers. To support our advocacy strategies, we have broadened the scope of our advocacy into the field, at the grassroots level, the plant site.
CIAC is constantly seeking new and better ways to communicate with government, to build awareness and generate support for the industry among decision-makers. And, we now have a strong platform to work from, having already identified issues and priorities and developed an advocacy road map to guide us forward.
We know the messages we want to convey, and that is vital.
Now we need to find more effective ways to deliver our messages. Advocacy traditionally targets specific ministers, ministerial staff and senior government officials; but we believe there is room to strategically engage with Members of Parliament (MPs).
To that end, and with the goal of creating a stronger, more supportive network of parliamentarians, we created a Conservative
Chemistry Caucus by analyzing the political geography of our members’ chemistry plants, identifying the Conservative MPs with plants in their ridings and recruiting those MPs to join the caucus.
The first success factor has been leadership. We recruited two
MPs to act as co-chairs of the caucus: Harold Albrecht, MP for
Kitchener-Conestoga (Ont.) and LaVar Payne, MP for Medicine
Hat (Alta.). They have been instrumental in driving the initiative forward, recruiting members, coordinating the meetings and providing guidance on the agenda. The fact that the initiative has been successful to date is largely due to their interest and energy.
The second factor has been the successful launch of our chemistry grassroots program. Knowing that we want to engage MPs as ambassadors of the chemistry industry, we asked our members to invite their MPs to tour their plants. Seeing is believing, and these visits have proven their value in showing firsthand the commitment of our members to Responsible Care® – the industry’s sustainability initiative – and the industry’s contribution to the economic development of Canadian communities.
Now, through the caucus, we aim to develop a network of
“chemistry ambassadors.” We see the MPs that are members of the caucus as potential ambassadors for the industry who will help us to advance the association’s policy agenda and make our priorities more broadly known and understood. We believe that
L to R: Richard Paton, CIAC President; Harold Albrecht, MP,
Kitchener—Conestoga; Hon. Lisa Raitt; LaVar Payne, MP,
Medicine Hat; and Mike Oxley, President and CFO,
DuPont Canada these MPs can help our industry have a strong, cohesive voice with decision-makers and ensure that our sector is a vital part of the government’s long-term agenda.
On Feb. 11, the association hosted its first caucus meeting of
2014. In that meeting, we offered parliamentarians a detailed overview of the industry and reviewed policy issues and priorities for 2014. Just as importantly, we stimulated an open and persuasive dialogue around the benefits that our industry contributes to
Canadian communities and to Canada. A number of CIAC members attended and offered the all-important grassroots perspective.
The reaction has been positive. MPs who have taken up the invitation to tour plants in their ridings and to attend the caucus meeting have gained a clear understanding of how our industry contributes to the economic and social development of their communities and more broadly to Canada’s economic prosperity. They have seen firsthand how Responsible Care supports sustainability on the ground. They have seen for themselves what a sustainable chemistry industry looks like.
Though it is new, the Chemistry Caucus is becoming an integral part of our advocacy strategy. With a promising start in 2014, we have caught the attention of MPs and begun the dialogue. The challenge now is to sustain interest and, through open and constructive dialogue, keep the decision-makers coming back for more. That is the plan.
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Pierre Gauthier is Vice-President, Public Affairs, Chemistry
Industry Association of Canada.
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By Francis Gillis
IN NOVEMBER 2013, the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
(CIAC) hosted a meeting of the international Responsible Care
Leadership Group (RCLG) in Montreal. The RCLG, a committee of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), seeks to successfully build Responsible Care through the cooperative efforts of its 57 implementing associations and their member-companies.
Believing that what happens in the chemistry industry anywhere affects its reputation everywhere, CIAC has “punched above its weight” as a member of the RCLG for many years. Francis Gillis attended the Montreal meeting and spoke with Dr. Hans-Jürgen
Korte, the new RCLG chairman, about international aspects of
Responsible Care and RCLG priorities for 2014 and beyond.
The global challenges that Hans-Jürgen Korte plans to focus on as the new RCLG Chairman echo the challenges that the chemistry industry in Canada faces: to expand industry participation in Responsible Care; to make Responsible Care known to public stakeholders; to improve the public image of the chemistry industry; and, to build public confidence in the safety and value of the industry. No doubt these will remain challenges around the world for years to come, but Dr. Korte, who is senior corporate government and public affairs manager at Solvay Chemicals in Brussels, has some feasible steps in mind to move industry toward meeting those challenges. He is quick to add that the chairman cannot do it alone; he will need to work with the RCLG as a whole.
A personal goal for Dr. Korte is to get high participation of associations and companies in RCLG meetings and activities.
He was pleased to note that 31 out of 57 members attended the
Montreal meeting. It was enriching, he said, to bring so many different experiences and cultures to the table. Face-to-face meetings and monthly conference calls will continue to draw on this wide range of perspectives.
It would be great, added Dr. Korte, for the RCLG to recruit more senior advisers who have the expertise, knowledge, motivation and time to spend travelling and supporting the group’s work worldwide. This would be an ideal role, he suggested, for industry leaders who are retired or nearing retirement.
Dr. Korte pointed to India, China and the African continent as priority areas for the RCLG. Despite a 20-year history in India,
Responsible Care there has failed to mature and is not yet on track with Responsible Care Global Charter expectations. While some good work in Responsible Care leadership has recently been done in the country, ICCA remains concerned about the slow progress.
In China, the priority is the uptake of Responsible Care by local industry. The RCLG has retained a very effective China Responsible
Care Advisor in Ken Tsang, who is retired from Dow Chemical Canada. Ken, along with representatives from ICCA multinational companies, will continue to play an important role in bringing
Responsible Care to the Chinese industry.
In Africa, the United Nation
Environment Program and the ICCA have launched a program to foster safe chemical handling in two ports, one in
Ghana on the west coast and the other in Kenya on the east coast.
Another priority, noted Dr. Korte, is updating the Responsible Care Global
Dr. Hans-Jürgen
Korte, the new RCLG chairman, plans to focus on global challenges facing the industry.
Charter. Launched in 2006 by ICCA the
Charter is the industry’s global commitment to improve the health, safety and environmental performance of its products.
Implementation of the Charter focuses on challenges like sustainable development, effective management of chemicals along the value chain, greater industry transparency, and improved harmony and consistency of Responsible Care around the world. A group composed of RCLG members and other ICCA committees is currently working to:
• Simplify the Charter and its message for public stakeholder audiences
• Ensure clear integration of the Global Product Strategy (GPS) into the Charter (also launched in 2006, GPS aims to advance the product stewardship performance of individual companies and the global industry as a whole)
• Explicitly integrate core Responsible Care issues currently not mentioned as such in the Charter; e.g. process safety, security, community awareness
• Develop a clear process for retaining CEO signatories’ support of the Charter
Dr. Korte has taken on a huge task but plans to keep in close contact with other RCLG members, so he will know where action can be taken and where more time is needed to get all RCLG members on board. For more information about ICCA and the Responsible Care Global Charter visit www.icca.chem.org.
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Francis Gillis is a Senior Associate at Public Dialogue Alternatives in Toronto. He has written many articles for chemistry industry publications and is Secretary to CIAC’s National Advisory Panel.
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By A.J. (Sandy) Marshall
FOR A NUMBER of years, CIAC has heard from its critics that we need to switch to a bioeconomy. As exciting as this concept is, it is unrealistic to believe that society would embrace such a revolutionary change. The bioeconomy is in its infancy and needs nurturing to support broad scale commercialization. That being said, things are beginning to happen in Canada as emerging industrial biochemistry companies start to integrate into the petrochemical cluster in
Sarnia-Lambton. Both existing and new companies are benefiting from the infrastructure, technology and skilled workforce already available within the region’s “Hybrid Chemistry Cluster.”
Sarnia-Lambton has long been known as Eastern Canada’s cluster for refined petroleum and petrochemical products. The petrochemical cluster emerged during the 1940s after the creation of Polymer Corporation to produce synthetic rubber for the war effort and it flourished over the next 40 years as many global chemistry companies built assets in the region. With this growth, the region developed a significant infrastructure – pipelines; feedstock, storage caverns, power, gas and steam supplies; transportation and distribution arteries, including rail systems, shipping
BioAmber’s $125-million bio-succinic acid plant, scheduled to be completed late 2014.
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10 • Catalyst SPRING/SUMMER 2014 channels and a deep-sea port. In addition, the area developed one of the world’s strongest clusters of engineering and mechanical fabricating capability and education for the chemistry industry.
Unfortunately, the Sarnia-Lambton petrochemical cluster peaked in the 1980s due to the onset of globalization and the region had to face the harsh reality that a once vibrant petrochemical industry was consolidating due to aging technologies and aggressive worldwide competition. The community was challenged as assets were demolished, large tracts of brownfield lands were created, and the skilled workforce looked for opportunities beyond their traditional boundaries.
However, Canada has other natural assets that were rarely linked to its petrochemical industry. Resources such as agriculture, forestry and waste materials puts Canada, particularly
Sarnia-Lambton, in a unique position to draw on its advantages to be a leader in bio-based and sustainable, chemistry-based technologies. The region is creating growth by redefining itself, drawing on its inherent advantages, to drive a vision to transform to a hybrid chemistry cluster: an ecosystem of new and evolving feedstock and technologies with existing feedstock, infrastructure and technologies to accelerate the growth of bio-based and sustainable chemistry-based industries. Strengthening the economy with new industries supports and maintains the existing industrial base. Sarnia-Lambton is not looking back as it builds off its petrochemical industry strength and develops unique, sustainable, alternate energy supplies, agri-food technologies and biobased chemistry industries.
The region, through its economic development arm – the
Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership (SLEP) – has a plan that has come together over 10 years as a number of strategies were implemented. As a result, there have been a number of new initiatives.
Renewable fuel and power companies such as Methes Energies
(biodiesel), Suncor Energy (ethanol) and Enbridge (solar energy) have built operating facilities in the region.
Local petrochemical companies such as NOVA Chemicals and
Imperial Oil are leveraging the shale gas boom in the Marcellus region and investing in equipment and logistics to produce ethylene/polyethylene from shale gas liquids more sustainably and cost competitively.
Two large industrial parks have been developed and are focused on attracting bio-based and sustainable chemistry-based industries. These parks, managed by LANXESS (BioIndustrial Park
Sarnia) and TransAlta (Bluewater Energy Park), are both very

interested in start-ups with a sustainability focus. Recently,
TransAlta has been able to gain approval from the Ontario Energy
Board (OEB) for the distribution of power “behind the fence” to
Bioindustrial Park Sarnia. This will greatly enhance competitiveness as users will be able to access steam and power at rates competitive with jurisdictions across the United States and Canada.
The Sarnia-Lambton Research Park was established in partnership with Western University and the Bioindustrial Innovation
Centre was granted Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) funding. The pilot facility at the Research
Park has three tenants doing pilot and demonstration development; Woodland Biofuels (ethanol from thermal and catalytic conversion of biomass), GreenCore Composites (cellulosic fibre reinforced polymer composites) and KmX Technologies (cellulosic n-butanol).
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) was created and has played an important investment and facilitation role in commercializing bio-based and sustainable chemistry-based technologies nationally. BIC through its Sustainable Chemistry
Alliance Fund (SCA) invested in 12 start-up companies including BioAmber. BIC also strongly supported BioAmber through their site selection process, building support within Canada.
This work supported BioAmber’s decision to construct its first commercial production facility in Sarnia (30,000 tonnes/year corn sugar-based succinic acid) at a capital cost of $125 million, creating jobs and economic value for Canada. BioAmber’s succinic acid plant is under construction with mechanical completion scheduled for late 2014. The company’s decision to locate in Sarnia-Lambton is drawing attention from many other startup companies interested in the region. BIC and SLEP continue to work closely with these companies, their network partners and the three levels of government to facilitate the successful placement of these firms and their facilities within the Sarnia-
Lambton Hybrid Chemistry Cluster.
Recently, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture sponsored a study “Cornstalks to Bio-Processing” with support from
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Grain Farmers of Ontario, Agris Co-operative, BIC, Midori, LANXESS and
BioAmber. The study assessed the commercial feasibility of developing a second generation sugar supply from agricultural biomass in the region. Work is now underway to take these findings and move towards a commercial demonstration facility in
Sarnia-Lambton.
There is tremendous expertise in the Sarnia-Lambton region to support its shift from a purely petrochemical industry base.
By leveraging ideas, forming strategic partnerships and working together, there is no doubt that this region will continue to strengthen as it builds out its Hybrid Chemistry Cluster: an ecosystem of the existing petrochemical industry with the emerging bio-based and sustainable chemistry-based industries.
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Sandy Marshall is Past President of LANXESS Canada and is now Chairman of the Board of Bioindustrial Innovation
Canada working as an independent consultant supporting commercialization in the Canadian bioeconomy.
CIAC PRESIDENT AND
CEO Richard
Paton has been awarded the 2014 SCI
Canada Medal. The award, sponsored by the Canadian branch of the U.K.-based Society of Chemical
Industry, recognizes industry and academic leaders in the industry for outstanding achievements in
Richard Paton business development.
Mr. Paton joined CIAC in March
1998 after a 24-year career with the federal government. During his tenure at CIAC, he has led the association and the industry through some challenging times. He has been: an advocate to keep the industry globally competitive; an innovator, ensuring the association remains valuable to the evolving industry; an international leader – Canada remains the leader in
Responsible Care® implementation; and; he’s built a strong and loyal team over the years with the support of Charlaine
Gendron, who has worked with Mr. Patton since 1988.
The award, administered by the Chemical Institute of
Canada (CIC), was presented to Richard at the CIC/SCI
Awards dinner on April 3 in Toronto.
CIAC has been named a finalist for the Globe 2014
Association Award for Sustainability Leadership for its
Responsible Care® initiative. The award recognizes organizations that have gone above and beyond regulatory compliance; encouraging their industry to improve environmental performance through research, development, and education in partnership with governments, non-governmental organizations, communities, and other stakeholders.
The winner was announced at the GLOBE 2014 conference in Vancouver on March 28, but details were not available at press time. Visit the Globe 2014 website for the announcement http://2014.globeseries.com
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By Amardeep Khosla
The Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) was launched by Prime Minister Harper in 2006 and renewed in 2011. Supported by many industry, health and environmental organizations, including the Chemistry
Industry Association of Canada (CIAC), the CMP uses a systematic, prioritized approach to assess and manage chemicals and has a significant impact on companies that need continued, careful management.
IN 1999, CANADA updated the Canadian Environmental Protection
Act (CEPA 1999), which required more than 23,000 substances to be categorized for environmental and human health risk-assessment.
By 2006, all these substances had undergone prioritization, and the federal government concluded that more than 80 per cent of them were not priorities for assessment or were no longer in commercial use. The government then began to gather information and conduct screening scientific assessments on the remaining 4,300 substances. Of these, 1,100 were the focus of the first of three five-year phases of the CMP. Assessments for these substances have largely been completed, and additional risk management initiated in the relatively few situations where it seemed to be needed, including the
43 substances found to be ‘toxic.’ Now in phase two, assessments for
1,500 additional substances are underway, with assessments of all
4,300 substances expected to be completed by 2020.
The CMP also includes other work, most notably the regulatory regime for pre-manufacture/import notification and clearance of new substances.
Since 2006, CIAC – through the multi-association Industry
Coordinating Group for CEPA (CEPA ICG) – has worked closely with industry and government officials to make improvements in
CMP administration and approaches. Good progress was made in 2013, and what follows is a summary of some of the more notable achievements.
The approval process for new substances continues to improve. Most recently, the government has issued advisory notes addressing simplified approvals for ‘special category’ substances – such as those used in research and development – for which exposures are inherently limited. In addition, government reviewers have placed greater priority on conducting ‘pre-notification consultations’ (PNC) with companies, so those using the
PNC process leave with a clear idea of the requirements for the notifications they are about to submit.
Information surveys have improved markedly.
mined technically to be ‘not in commerce.’
Requirements increasingly focus on the data that is really needed, not ‘nice to know,’ and align volume triggers with the tracking quantities companies already use in their internal reporting systems. This improved approach was used in several recent surveys, and the government is currently seeking feedback from companies on their experience, which we expect will be generally positive.
‘Instant non-compliance’ situations have become less likely.
The government’s internal discipline has strengthened and we are seeing fewer situations where a significant new activity (SNAc) or other control is placed on a substance without adequate, prior engagement of the supply chain, and/or the control applied quantity triggers different from those used by companies for importtracking and other compliance purposes. (In some such situations, parts of the supply chain could find themselves ‘instantly’ out of compliance). Improvements are already being noted with respect to SNAcs for new substances, and discussions are underway to consider improvements for existing substances or those deter-
CMP assessments have been delivered largely on time and the assessment approach has improved with experience, but further improvement is possible.
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In early October 2014, the ICG will present its ever-popular CEPA Update Conference on current developments in the regulation of new and existing substances under the Canadian Environmental
Protection Act (CEPA). Industry experts, along with representatives from Environment Canada and Health Canada, will deliver the presentations and be available to discuss your areas of interest.
‡ Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) - CMP requirements have evolved as the CMP itself has evolved from the Challenge Initiative (launched 2006), to the Substance Groupings Initiative
(launched 2011), to a coming new phase that addresses the remaining priority substances
(2016-2020). The evolution continues! Hear experts discuss what companies should expect in the near future.
‡ DSL Inventory Update - Review key results from the recent Inventory Update and how they will help to shape the CMP going forward.
‡ 1HZ 6XEVWDQFHV 1RWL¿FDWLRQ 161 6LJQL¿FDQW LPSURYHPHQWV KDYH EHHQ PDGH WR WKH administration of the NSN regime recently. Learn how they will make compliance easier, how to adapt to them, and about any remaining industry concerns.
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‡ Risk Assessment and Risk Management - What are some key areas in which the government has sought advice in risk assessment approaches from its CMP Science Committee? What are some key lessons about engaging in Risk Management consultations from the industries involved to date? Learn and discuss, with the experts.
‡ Pre-Conference Workshops - For those new to the CMP or seeking a practical, hands-on refresher, Workshops will be presented by representatives from government and industry on
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3/1/14 1:23 AM continued from page 12 were concerned with the highly conservative approach taken by the government to certain ‘non-threshold’ toxics. However, over time the government has relied on a more widely used ‘margin of exposure’ approach. That being said, discussions continue about some areas of concern e.g. the reliance placed by assessors on unpublished studies, personal communications or unrepresentative results, and overly conservative exposure assumptions.
Significant, technical discussions are underway to support future work.
Fortunately, the government is receptive to wellfounded industry input, and at a policy level recognizes the need for assessment approaches that are internationally aligned. The clearest evidence of this is the positive experience of the Canada/
U.S. discussions on a harmonized approach to assess nanomaterials (under the aegis of the Regulatory Cooperation Council set up by Prime Minister Harper and President Obama). Also, the federal government has formed a CMP Science Committee – which includes representation from internationally experienced company scientists and regulators – to advise the government on appropriate approaches and methodologies for future assessments.
(These will grow progressively more complex since the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of relatively well-understood and data-rich chemicals has already been dealt with or is in process). Further, CEPA ICG subcommittees are preparing for meetings with officials to discuss approaches for assessing polymers and UVCB 1  substances.
As the CMP moves towards its final phase, policy discussions based on informed scientific understanding are needed. Questions that need to be answered are: How will we use what the recent inventory update tells us about the current status of substances in Canadian commerce and likely exposure scenarios? What new priorities should be set and substance groupings formed for assessment? How should the CMP address concerns with respect to exposures to a substance from multiple sources over time, or to concerns about endocrine disrupting substances? And when might new techniques being validated in the U.S. and elsewhere be of use to the CMP?
We will need to pare these questions down and find the answers to the top ones within the next year or so. While there is much work to be done, there is good news on two fronts. Firstly, the CMP is seen to have largely met its promises to the public to date, and at the federal level the environment for dialogue among stakeholders and government is accordingly constructive. And secondly, we have mature consultation processes available to support policy and technical dialogue. In short, industry is well positioned to contribute and CIAC and other associations will be looking to the
ICG’s technical subcommittees and ongoing meetings with officials, as well as the ICG’s 2014 CEPA Update Conference 2 , to help deliver the work efficiently.
For more information about Canada’s Chemicals Management
Plan, visit www.chemicalsubstances.gc.ca
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Amardeep Khosla is the executive director of the Industry
Coordinating Group for CEPA.
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2 CEPA Update Conference, October 8-9, 2014, Mississauga, Ont. For information: mmccall@rogers.com

BUFFER ZONES ARE essential to public safety – they are what separate industrial facilities from vulnerable neighbours that cannot easily be protected should an industrial incident occur. Vulnerable, meaning densely populated areas, such as residential developments, schools, and mixed businesses.
In Ontario, the chemistry industry has long raised concerns that the Provincial Planning Act lacked direction to adequately protect public safety while still maintaining the viability of industrial installations in the face of increasing commercial and residential development.
“Over the years, CIAC members have become increasingly concerned by the re-zoning that they see as encroaching on established industrial land,” says Norm
Huebel, CIAC’s Ontario Regional Director.
“Consequently, when industrial facilities are faced with re-zoning plans for adjacent land that they consider inappropriate from a public safety perspective, they are compelled to oppose the re-zoning. If successful, they have encountered significant legal costs; if unsuccessful, they have new neighbours who could be exposed to what the facility views as unacceptable risk.”
The limitations of Ontario’s planning process were especially highlighted in a long, drawn-out case involving a proposed residential development in an area adjacent to two CIAC member-company facilities in Elmira,
Ont. Dave Emerson, President of CCC, notes that “Despite being able to document unacceptable risks to public safety, significant resources had to be directed to challenge the development at the highest levels, including the Ontario Municipal Board
(OMB) appeals process. With the tools available at the time, the
OMB was required to make its decision based on existing policy, which included nuisance issues like noise and odour, but excluded public safety.”
In 2012, CIAC’s National Advisory Panel called on the association and its members to revisit the issue and advocate aggressively for the needed changes to the province’s planning processes. In
2013, CIAC made this a priority and the timing couldn’t have been better: the province was beginning the consultation process and
CIAC and its National Advisory Panel, were invited to participate.
Throughout 2013, CIAC and its members took every opportunity to speak with key officials about zoning issues and the implications to public safety. Representatives from Honeywell in
Amherstburg, Ont. raised concerns about a proposed residential
By Bob Masterson development in the immediate vicinity of the company’s hydrofluoric acid facility. And former Ontario Minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing Linda Jeffrey was invited to tour a CCC facility – in her home riding of Brampton-Springdale, Ont. – where she was briefed about a re-zoning decision that permitted a house of worship to be located less than 100 metres from the facilities’ solvent storage tank.
These outreach efforts were rewarded in February of this year with the release of Ontario’s 2014 Provincial Policy Statement 1
(PPS), issued under the Provincial Planning Act.
The new policy states that municipalities need to take steps so that
‘ major facilities and sensitive land uses are planned to ensure they are appropriately designed, buffered and/or separated from each other to… minimize risk to public health and safety, and to ensure the long-term viability of major facilities .’
This is a very welcome development and one that sends an important signal that Ontario’s manufacturing heritage is a cornerstone of the province’s future, and that public safety must be of paramount consideration in municipal planning decisions. The new PPS will not be a panacea for correcting all competing needs between developers, existing industries and other stakeholders, but it does provide solid direction to municipal officials responsible for planning and zoning, and will assist the ONB as the final arbiter in the appeals process.
The issue is not exclusive to Ontario. Lorna Young, CIAC’s B.C.
Regional Director, says North Vancouver could face similar problems where condominium and commercial developments have been proposed for areas surrounding industrial facilities. “The industrial sites in North Vancouver are very active in community outreach initiatives and have an engaged Community Advisory
Panel,” she says, “and though the public hasn’t raised the issue yet, the potential is there.”
CIAC members pride themselves on voluntarily going above and beyond regulations, and this advocacy success in Ontario is an example of their Responsible Care® commitment to ensure the safety of their plant communities.
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Bob Masterson is Vice-President, Responsible Care® for the
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada.
1 The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page215.aspx
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By Oleta LaRush
BASF Canada and Earth Rangers are bringing BASF Kids’ Lab to schools in the Greater Toronto Area. The program has already reached more than 20,500 students across the United States and
Mexico, including participants pictured here at the Liberty Science Centre in
New Jersey. Photos courtesy of BASF.
AS THE CHEMISTRY industry prepares to tackle societal challenges of the future, investment in science education is becoming ever-more important. Fostering interest in the sciences and preparing future generations for success in a rapidly growing marketplace is fundamental to the sustainability of our industry and society.
With this in mind, BASF Canada and Earth Rangers, worked together to bring Kids’ Lab, a series of hands-on chemistry workshops for students in grades 4-6, to 800 children in the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA) in 2013, at no cost to the schools or participants.
Established at BASF’s global headquarters in Germany in 1997,
Kids’ Lab invites children to explore the world of chemistry through safe and engaging experiments that are designed to peak their curiosity and foster an interest in science-related hobbies and, eventually, careers. The program has been successfully delivered in more than 16 countries worldwide since 2010, with more than 21,000 participants throughout the United States and Mexico.
“BASF is committed to science education because we realize that today’s students will be the innovators and leaders of our future,” said Carles Navarro, President of BASF Canada. “Through our
Kids’ Lab program, we help make science fun and encourage kids to explore the connections to chemistry in the world around them.
This program has been met with a lot of success in other countries and we are excited to bring it to Canada.”
The Canadian pilot allowed students to recognize water as one of the world’s most precious resources. Each interactive, 45-minute
“Operation Filtration” session included a hands-on activity which explored the various methods of separation used to remove impurities from waste water.
“As the kids’ conservation organization, Earth Rangers is dedicated to leveraging children’s passion for the environment as a way to encourage a more active interest in science,” said Peter
Kendall, executive director, Earth Rangers. “Delivering the Kids’
Lab program in schools was a natural extension of our education programs, providing students with a hands-on experience that teaches them about the role chemistry plays in protecting our environment. We are very pleased with the response from both students and teachers.”
Students also got to learn about the Kids’ Lab mascot, morpH™, a cartoon-like element that can “morph” into any of the basic forms of matter – a solid, liquid or gas. Each participant received a lab apron and goggles, as well as a pouch filled with other take-home items.
“My students really enjoyed Kids’ Lab,” said Lynn Hope, junior enhanced learning teacher at Helen Wilson Public School in
Brampton, Ont. “They were very excited to use the goggles and aprons and have left them at school so that they can use them for science experiments in the class. The whole program got them really interested in science. They love the environment and are huge advocates for animals so this program was especially inspiring for them.”
BASF Canada plans to add new experiments and bring the program to additional communities where it operates in 2014. In doing so it hopes to inspire greater interest in the sciences and foster a better understanding of the impact they have on our world, because, in the words of many Kids’ Lab participants, “chemistry is cool!”
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For more information, contact Oleta LaRush, Communications
Manager, BASF Canada: oleta.larush@basf.com.
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By Sarah Mayes
CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION of
Canada members have been striving to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO
2
) emissions over the past two decades, but they’ve also been innovating to find ways to harness the greenhouse gas as a raw material for chemical manufacturing.
Carbon dioxide is already used in the production of a number of important chemicals: urea (a valuable fertilizer) and methanol (used both as a fuel, and to make plastics, adhesives, and solvents). But the prospect of using CO
2
as a primary feedstock is becoming increasingly attractive, because it is abundantly available (given the rising atmospheric levels thought to be driving climate change) and inexpensive.
In theory, the carbon atom in CO
2 could be used as a building block to manufacture a range of organic molecules – from fuels to fertilizers, plastics and other polymers.
But carbon dioxide is very stable; breaking it down into its chemical components – two oxygen atoms, each double-bonded to a carbon atom – requires an enormous amount of energy, ordinarily making its use as a feedstock neither economical nor environmentally friendly.
But chemists are experimenting with new catalysts that could lower the amount of energy needed to activate CO
2
, allowing it to react and be converted into valueadded products. The key is to create a catalyst that’s efficient, low-cost, and effective at moderate temperatures and pressures.
CIAC members Evonik Industries and
BASF hope to be among the first chemistry companies in the world to commercialize processes for using CO
2 as a feedstock. BASF, in partnership with the Catalysis Research Laboratory at
Heidelberg University in Germany, is working on making acrylates from ethylene and CO
2
, in the presence of nickel or other metal catalysts. Millions of tonnes of acrylates are man ufactured globally each year – they’re used to make coatings, adhesives, plastics, and super-absorbent polymers (such as the ones used in diapers) – so producing these chemicals from
CO
2 will be a boon both economically and environmentally.
Still, BASF expects that it will be at least five years before its CO
2
-to-acrylate catalytic process will be ready for commercial roll-out.
For its part, Evonik Industries is working on harnessing a renewable resource – solar energy – to break down
CO
2
. By using a catalyst that’s activated by sunlight (known as a photocatalyst),
Evonik aims to create high-energy hydrogen atoms from water that will react with
CO
2
, converting it into methane (CH
4
) and other hydrocarbons. The resulting methane could then be used as a fuel (it’s the main ingredient in natural gas), or used to manufacture ammonia, methanol or other chemicals.
By finding ways to capture CO
2
in chemical products – as opposed to simply sequestering it underground – chemistry companies hope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while generating value-added products and revenue. Of course, there are hurdles to overcome before this can be achieved; in addition to developing new
CO
2
-activating catalysts, chemists will need to find efficient ways to separate carbon dioxide from industrial emission streams for use as feedstock. And ultimately, they’ll face an even bigger challenge: finding ways for chemical manufacturers to pull CO
2 directly out of the atmosphere, allowing them to seemingly create value out of “thin air."
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Sarah Mayes is Director, Public Affairs, for the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada.
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