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Koppers, Inc. Committed to TRANSCAER® Training for Responders

Past Events

AS PART OF KOPPERS porticipolion in the American Chemisfry Council®, Responsible Care® and TRANSCAER®, two tank car training events were recently held at the Koppers Stickney, II and Koppers Somerville, TX facilities with our partners from the CN and BNSF.

Koppers is committed to Complionce, Continuous Impnwement, Communications, Protecting their Employees and Protecting the Environment. Koppers demonstrotes their commilment to TRANSCAER® by hosting training seminars for their employees, the community and emetgency responders.

These events reinforce Koppers commitment to Responsible Care and provide a forum for enhancing community owareness and emergency responders' knowledge of train operations and tonk car anatomy. The training also provides emergency response strategies and networking opportunities between various agencies and industry partners when responding to railroad incidents. Knowing who to contact in an actual emergency can save time and resources for local shippers, law enforcement, railroods and emergency responders.

"Such training is essenlial lowards hel ping me understand the naturę ofrisks inherent in hazardous malerials travelling by raił through my county. The morę aware I am, the morę aware I can help our elected offidals and citizens become."

•David Lilly, Gr

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