Established in 2002 when the South Charleston Plant and the Technical Center CAPs merged, the South Charleston Area Community Advisory Panel (CAP) serves as a forum for open discussion between members of the South Charleston area community and representatives of several of the chemical companies that have operating facilities in the community. The companies represented include Bayer Corporation, Clearon, The Dow Chemical Company, Elementis Specialties, Inc. and FMC Corp. This panel provides an opportunity for citizens to meet face-to-face with plant managers and other company officials to discuss concerns they may have about chemicals and about the chemical plants operating in the community.
This panel is the result of the Responsible Care® initiative of the Chemical Manufacturers Association which encourages member companies to communicate with their neighbors and to respond to their concerns. The purpose of this dialogue is to begin to establish a relationship built on trust, respect, and mutual understanding.
The members of the CAP are selected on a rotating basis to represent a broad cross-section of the community, including students, educators, local government officials, the medical community, business owners, clergy, senior citizens, safety services, and others.
In the course of engaging in dialogue on issues of concern, the CAP members sometimes identify and implement projects that could benefit community safety or improve community education around emergency response. One example of such a project is the development of a generic shelter-in-place plan that could be used by local schools as a model for creating plans of their own. This plan was adopted by the Kanawha County School system as a model for all county schools. This web site is another example of a successful CAP project.
Ultimately, the South Charleston Area Community Advisory Panel seeks improved communications, community education, and trust as its goals.
Bob T. Anderson
Dave Brown
Joyce Dabiri
Bob Moore
Cheryl Arace
Ken Poling
Rev. Rose Edington
John Rutherford
Ruth Edwards
Terry Sauvageot
Henry Graves
Jennifer Soule
Clark Haynes
Sharen Sumpter Deitz
Rev. Mel Hoover
Teresa Whitt
Dr. Bill Kroesser
Chief Jim Wood
Dr. Calvin Meyer
Larry Zuspan
Glenn Kraynie
Bayer MaterialScience
Ken Smith
Clearon Corp.
Gary Trent
Bayer MaterialScience
Dow
Jim White
Bayer MaterialScience
Paul DiNicola
Elementis
Scott Johnson
Clearon Corp.
Frank Flowers
FMC
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