Archway follows all applicable industry regulations and standards, and throughout our long history has excelled at being a responsible and friendly industry and community member.

Trade associations

Regulatory groups

Emergency response

Community outreach

Trade Associations

American Chemical Society

Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology

Institute of Food Technologies

National Paint and Coatings Association

National Association of Chemical Distributors

St. Louis Society for Coatings Technology

Southern Society of Coatings Technology

Regulatory Groups

• Department of Transportation (DOT): government regulatory group
• Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA): government regulatory group
• International Air Transport Association (IATA): nongovernment regulatory group
• Environmental Protection Association (EPA); SARA Title III, Tier 2 reporting hazardous waste rules and SCA regulations on imported chemicals, etc.

Emergency Response

• CHEMTREC: nongovernmental source of emergency response
  - 24-hour phone number for HazMat incidents
  - Repository of MSDSes for chemical products

Community Outreach

• Interacts with Mullaphy School regarding an NACD outreach program called "You Be the Chemist" for elementary school children; Archway donated this program
• Member of LEPC; firemen can enter and inspect our warehouse

Associations

Archway Sales is associated with various industry groups that protect public health, safety, and the environment, and promote public chemical safety education and conservation, including:

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD): Established in 1971, the NACD is an international association of chemical distribution companies that purchase and take title of chemical products from manufacturers.

All member companies are committed to product stewardship and responsible distribution in every phase of chemical storage, handling, transportation, and disposal. A member-voted condition of membership in the Association is a signed commitment to the NACD Responsible Distribution Process^SM (RDP), which requires members to continuously improve performance in protecting health, safety, and the environment.

The Responsible Distribution Process^SM is designed to be sensitive and responsive to community needs and public concerns. It embodies the commitment of each member company to the responsible management of chemical products. NACD members play a leadership role in their communities as technical and safety resources, and are eager to provide the same assistance and guidance to local, state, and federal legislators on technical issues relating to the safe handling, storage, transportation, use, and disposal of chemical products.

A key requirement of RDP and a condition of membership in NACD is verification of members' RDP policies and procedures by a third-party firm. Advent Environmental and Parker & Associates, Inc., are the two third-party firms designated to conduct the verifications.

Chemical Educational Foundation^® (CEF): Originally founded in 1992 as the NACD Educational Foundation, the CEF's goal was to establish a chemical product stewardship network to disseminate an important message to the NACD distributor members' 750,000 customers and their communities. Recognizing the evolving scope of the Foundation, as well as the coordination of various associations' product stewardship activities, the NACD Educational Foundation became the Chemical Educational Foundation^® in October 1997.

CEF is dedicated to serving the public interest as a primary national resource for conducting research and educational programs for proper distribution practices and the safe handling, use, storage, transportation, disposal, and recycling of chemical products. Through contributions from numerous sponsors, the Foundation has made great strides in educating suppliers, distributors, customers, and the general public about the safe handling of chemicals.

For more information on CEF, please visit http://www.chemed.org, or call (703) 527-6223.

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