Social Impacts
Below are some of the ways that Sunoco and Sunoco employees interact with local communities and stakeholders.

Community Advisory Panels
A Community Advisory Panel (CAP) is a body that serves as a forum for ongoing dialogue between business and the neighboring community to identify local concerns and discuss possible solutions by:

• Ensuring that the community has complete and understandable information regarding facility operations, including environmental, health and safety issues and performance;
• Providing a two-way communication channel between the company and the community;
• Encouraging active involvement by the company in issues and activities important to the community;
• Identifying public concerns regarding local business plans and activities; and
• Assisting in the development of responses to public concerns.

As part of our Ceres commitment, we strengthen our ties and dialogue with community stakeholders through the use of Community Advisory Panels (CAP). CAPs are our first line of development review for issues such as clean fuels, turnarounds (regularly scheduled maintenance of processing units), etc. that affect our plants. Currently, Sunoco participates in a CAP or CAC (Community Advisory Committee) at all our refineries and chemical plants. To read about individual CAPs/CACs click on the desired location

Participation in these community forums has sharpened our awareness of local concerns about jobs, schools and security along with the health, environmental and safety impacts of our facilities. The facilities also consult with the CAPs/CACs to determine which local organizations and charities to support. We will continue consulting closely with our CAPs as we implement the Tier 2 gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel requirements at our refineries, and as we further define our capital spending program slated to be approximately $2.8 billion over the next three years. This program includes projects designed to increase total crude unit capacity to 1.0 million barrels per day, while improving product yields and crude oil and other feedstock processing flexibility.

Tulsa Refinery CAP Supports Local Efforts
For the third year in a row, the Tulsa Refinery earmarked approximately $2,500 to enable the Sunoco Community Advisory Panel (CAP) to support local organizations and efforts. Once the local organizations submit applications the CAP selects the recipients and the funding is granted in the name of Sunoco’s Community Advisory Panel.

Toledo Neighbors
The Toledo Community Advisory Panel (CAP) and Neighbor Task Force wanted to enhance and maintain communications with residents living in East Toledo and Oregon, Ohio near the Toledo Refinery. To accomplish this, the CAP and Task Force requested information be added to Sunoco Web site. This was done in 2005 and residents can easily access information by going to http://www.sunocoinc.com/Site/HES/CAPS/Toledo/Overview.htm

The site contains information such as minutes from the CAP and Neighbor Task Force meetings, membership rosters, email links to the two groups, a link to Toledo Refinery HES data contained in the Sunoco Annual HES Review and Ceres Report, Fact Sheets about different aspects of the refinery, and different informational articles about the refinery.

For more about the Toledo CAP and Neighbor Task Force click here.

Educating Our Neighbors
Much of each meeting of the Philadelphia Refinery’s monthly Community Advisory Panel is devoted to informing neighbors of upcoming projects and educating members of the CAP on refinery practices and technology. For example, one CAP meeting was devoted to the Hydrofluoric (HF) Acid Alkylation Unit, its operation, and the steps Sunoco has taken over the years to reduce risk to the plant and the community. Also covered was how Sunoco participates with peer companies to share information and adopt best practices. At an additional CAP meeting, Sunoco’s HF supplier reviewed how the chemical is transported safely from the Canadian plant where it is made to the Philadelphia Refinery.

Community Siren Alert System
The Philadelphia Refinery’s Community Alert Siren System will be coming online in 2006. A major effort will be launched along side the Sirens to educate and inform residents about Sheltering-in-Place in the event of an incident at the refinery or surrounding area that would affect the community. The Philadelphia Refinery Community Advisory Panel has had significant involvement in the development of the system and members have served on the subcommittee that developed the educational materials.

HES Glossary
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Conversion Table
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Summary Report
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Toledo Refinery and Ohio Citizen Action
Over the past three years, the Toledo refinery management and Citizens Advisory Panel have been engaged with the Ohio Citizen Action (OCA) organization...
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