ACS 2005 Awards

2005 Awards Program Winners
	2005 Risk Reduction Achievement Award Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky received this award for eliminating chlorine at the Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The District eliminated 20 one-ton containers of chlorine gas used as a wastewater disinfectant and replaced it with sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach. This $2.7 million project reduced risk to more than 6,000 people in Northern Kentucky and Ohio.
	2005 Risk Reduction Achievement Award Rohm & Haas, a specialty chemicals company in Reading, will receive this award for improving chlorine storage, handling and emergency preparedness. Rohm and Haas invested more than $200,000 and 1,000 labor hours in engineering on upgrades and improvements, including chlorine gas detectors and video surveillance cameras, which will make the Reading facility safer for the local community.
	2005 Risk Communication Excellence Award The Addyston Environmental Task Force, led by Ohio State Representative Steve Driehaus and Addyston Mayor Dan Pillow, received this award for improving risk communication in the Village of Addyston, Ohio, and surrounding communities. The Task Force¹s mission is to ensure the health and safety of Addyston area residents by providing accurate, clear and timely information to the community about air emissions from the LANXESS Corporation plant.
	2005 Risk Communication Excellence Award The Cincinnati Fire Department, CitiCable and the city's Emergency Support Services - Community Emergency Response Team (ESS-CERT) received this award for their assistance during the August 2005 styrene railcar incident in Cincinnati¹s East End. For five days, these organizations teamed up to provide 24-hour video surveillance of the incident. This communication tool allowed the Incident Command to relocate to a safer, indoor location away from the danger of toxic fumes and a possible explosion.
	2005 Second Mile Award Kathy Clayton of the U.S. EPA¹s National Homeland Security Research Center will receive this award for going the extra (or second) mile in furthering the Alliance¹s mission to improve chemical safety in the Greater Cincinnati area. Ms. Clayton has worked for many years to improve local air quality, to enhance emergency response through improved air monitoring during chemical incidents, and to protect the public from toxic air emissions.