For release: April 6, 2004
Ottawa…(April
6, 2004)….The Salt Institute today saluted Environment Canada for its new Road Salts
Code of Practice announced yesterday.
“The new
Code of Practice will be an effective means to improve road salts management in Canada,”
said Salt Institute president Richard L. Hanneman. “Winter
maintenance agencies have major responsibilities to create salt management plans that take
into account their special circumstances, unique environmental challenges and the constant
imperative of preserving roadway safety. The
Code will require substantial investments, but the objectives are sound and the strategy
is practical. Implementation will ensure an
end to the threat of environmental contamination through mismanagement of road salts.”
Canadian salt
companies have been involved for more than three years in a stakeholders group that
advised Environment Canada in developing the Code. “Environment
Canada deserves congratulations for its leadership in forging a productive partnership of
disparate parties and, in so doing, helping us all understand the common purposes we share
in properly managing road salts,” Hanneman elaborated. “We were particularly pleased that the final
Code closely tracks the Sensible Salting program advocated by the salt industry for more
than thirty years. The Code will put more
weight and urgency into adoption of Sensible Salting principles.”
Hanneman also
noted the leadership of the Transportation Association of Canada, the Canadian Public
Works Association and the active commitment of the Ontario Good Roads Association –
and their members. The Salt Institute has
undertaken a major role in promoting training for operators and supervisors to meet the
new Code requirements.
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