Community Awareness &
Emergency Response

About the Niagara CAER Group

This website exists to educate the public about the activities of the Niagara CAER Group Chemical Manufacturing firms in the Niagara Region. CAER® is a registered trade mark of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and stands for Community Awareness and Emergency Response.

A major initiative of the CCPA is "Responsible Care". Click here for a brief description of its components. For detailed information on Responsible Care and its Codes of Practice, visit the CIAC's Website.

What the Niagara CAER Group does

Member companies participate in the following activities in the Niagara region:

1. Community Outreach Activities:

  • Chemical Plant Open Houses
  • High School Tours of the Plants
  • Community Environmental Activities
  • Publicizing Plant Chemical Emissions Data (Click for 2009 emissions report)
  • Risk Communication - What risks the Chemical Plants pose to the community
  • Chemical Plant Tours: Tours of a specific plant may be arranged by submitting a request by e-mail to pcollee@cogeco.ca including the name of the group, the reasons for the tour and if there are specific areas of interest.

2. Emergency Planning Activities include:

  • Ensure that Plant Emergency Response procedures are in place & current
  • Conduct Emergency Exercises in conjunction with Fire, Police, Ambulance, & Hospital services at a minimum once annually
  • Maintain Transportation Emergency Response Teams in the event of chemical transportation emergencies such as spills

Contact Information

Peter Collee
2495 Coral Ave - Stevensville, Ontario - L0S 1S0
Tel/Fax: 905-382-2294
Email: pcollee@cogeco.ca

 

New 2009 Emissions Report

Posted - November 2009

This report is issued by the Niagara CAER Group Chemical Companies as part of their commitment to being open to the public and to operating their businesses according to the principles of Responsible Care®, an initiative of The Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association. This is the Seventeenth year of its publication. […]

VIEW REPORT (PDF)

2008 Cytec Responsible Care Recertification Report

Posted - November 2008

A Responsible Care® re-verification for Cytec Canada, Inc., was carried out on January 15th and 16th, 2008 by a three-member Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association (CCPA) appointed Team, augmented by a local community representative. […]

VIEW REPORT (PDF)

Chemical Plant Tours

Posted - September 2010

Tours of a specific plant may be arranged by submitting a request by e-mail to pcollee@cogeco.ca

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