Overview of Value Process East VPE Flexible Integrated Innovative

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Ill cover ...

• An overview of NOVA Chemicals
• Drugs and alcohol testing
• The NOVA program
• Learning the business of DA testing
• Industry movement, positive directions

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For many suppliers, NOVA Chemicals Means
Joffre ...
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There are two ethylene / PE complexes in NOVA ...
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Joffre 6.2 B lbs. (2.8 kt) Ethylene2.2 B lbs.
(1.0 kt) Polyethylene
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Sarnia 1.6 B lbs. (0.7 kt) Ethylene 1.4 B lbs.
(0.7 kt) Polyethylene 4.4 B lbs. (2.0 kt)
Co-Products
Includes new 2.8 B lb. E3 cracker which is a
50/50 joint venture with Dow
Includes 1.0 B lb. PE2 line starting up in 2001
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fifteen styrene/polystyrene plants ...
Carrington
Breda
Ribécourt
Europe
Berre
North America
Montreal
Sarnia
Springfield
Painesville
Belpre
Beaver Valley
Chesapeake
Bayport
Decatur
LEGEND NOVA Chemicals Styrene Monomer NOVA
Chemicals Expandable Polystyrene NOVA Chemicals
Solid Polystyrene
Channelview
Two long-term tolling arrangements for 400
million pounds (180 kt) each
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and a further 18 technology and licensee
locations.
Styrenics Technology Centers Beaver Valley,
PA Chesapeake, VA Breda, Netherlands
Stryenics Licensees Taiwan
(2) China Thailand India
O/PO Technology Centers Calgary, AB
PE Licensees India (3) Venezuela China
Nigeria Uzbekistan Italy Brazil South Korea
Bulgaria (Not built yet)
Licensors NOVA Chemicals (U.S.A.) Inc., NOVA
Chemicals Europe S.A.S., NOVA Chemicals
Corporation
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Production Capacities - kt
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DA Testing, For a Safe Work
Environment.
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The Benefit
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Drug and Alcohol Testing

• Three testing requirements
• Pre site access
• Testing for cause
• Post incident

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Objectives

• The pre-site access testing has two objectives
• To send a message about the importance of a drug
  and alcohol free environment

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Objectives

• The pre-site access testing has two objectives
• To send a message about the importance of a drug
  and alcohol free environment
• To deselect those individuals who test positive
  during a preplanned DA test.

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Program Overview

• Any contractor who is new to site, or has been
  off site for more than 90 days, must pass a drug
  and alcohol test before arriving at site
• Testing will be done at an approved facility,
  using approved methods
• It is the responsibility of the contractor to
  manage the testing, and to produce auditable
  evidence of compliance

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Testing Method
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Rehabilitation

• Would we accept personnel onto the site who have
  tested positive for drugs in the past but who
  have subsequently successfully completed the
  required counseling and return to work testing?
• Yes, with approval. Our concern is sustained
  fitness to work.

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Learning the business of DA testing
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A negative is not a negative

• Adulterants are a growing market
• http//www.elitedetox.com/
• http//www.ezklean.com/
• http//urineluck.com/
• http//www.cleartest.com/
• www.ureasample.com
• etc

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How they work

• Orally consumed
• Added to urine sample
• Substitute Samples

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How they work

• Orally consumed
• Added to urine sample
• Substitute Samples

Hold toxins
Freeze toxins
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How they work

• Orally consumed
• Added to urine sample
• Substitute Samples

Convert toxins
Filter toxins
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How they work
Concentrated

• Orally consumed
• Added to urine sample
• Substitute Samples

Substitute
Freeze dried
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What did we do?

• Began full lab testing to back up quick tests
• Found 4 anomalies
• One had 600 times the DOT limit of cocaine, and
  was clear on the strip test
• Parallel tested alternative kits
• Found one that reliably matched the lab tests
• Worked with our service provider to improve test
  interpretation

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Positive industry directions
chrystal meth
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Testing

• Four or five panel?
• THC (MARIJUANA)
• COCAINE/BENZOYLECGONINE
• OPIATES/MORPHINE
• AMPHETAMINE
• METHAMPHETAMINE

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Methamphetamine

• About it
• Street names are chrystal meth, prairie fire,
  speed, meth, chalk
• clear chunky crystals resembling ice
• Taken orally or intranasally (snorting the
  powder), by intravenous injection, and by smoking
  
• Highly addictive
• 12-24 hour high
• 15-30 a hit

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Work place risks

• Serious judgment impairment
• Reduced sense of risk, invincibility
• Paranoia, and aggressiveness
• Can substitute for days of sleep

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A growing concern

• In Alberta
• RCMP opened 212 files in 2002 five times the
  number 5 years ago
• In BC
• of clients looking for help with chrystal meth
  addictions
• 4 in 1999
• 11 in 2003 (Ministry of BC Health)
• AADACs Youth Experience Survey
• 5.3 of youths in Grades 7-12 say they have tried
  ecstasy or crystal meth

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A growing concern

• In Alberta
• RCMP opened 212 files in 2002 five times the
  number 5 years ago
• In BC
• of clients looking for help with chrystal meth
  addictions
• 4 in 1999
• 11 in 2003 (Ministry of BC Health)
• AADACs Youth Experience Survey
• 5.3 of youths in Grades 7-12 say they have tried
  ecstasy or crystal meth

we need to test for chrystal meth
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Positive industry directions
random testing
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Drug testing is a privilege

• We need to test for the right reasons
• ensure a safe and drug free work place
• We need to react to positive tests appropriately
• Due process
• Rehabilitation
• We need to make this a normal part of the work

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Random Drug Testing

• Presite access testing
• Testing for cause
• Post incident testing

Strengthens this area
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Testing for cause

• Uncomfortable
• Leadership and the individual
• Questionable detection ability
• The more of an problem the drugs are, the more
  sophisticated the methods to conceal symptoms
• It leaves a stigma

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Random drug testing addresses these barriers
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Summary

• Drug testing is an important part of our work
  place safety programs
• Our testing and detection needs to evolve with
  the business
• Chrystal meth is something we need to test for in
  the work place
• Random drug testing is a step forward for the
  worker, and the workplace