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3E Company Announces New DGSA Compliance Services
Services provide cost-effective, outsourced solution for companies requiring a
Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor


Monday, October 02, 2006 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced a new suite of Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA) services that provides a cost-effective, outsourced solution for companies requiring a DGSA to help achieve and maintain compliance. These services are ideal for manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and other companies involved in the shipment of dangerous goods by road, rail or inland waterway in Europe that require the functions of a DGSA.

3E Company's dangerous goods professionals are certified and have the global EH&S expertise and communication skills required to expertly fulfill the functions of a DGSA, as required by the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods. These DGSAs are backed by a team of multilingual EH&S experts and have extensive knowledge of multi-modal dangerous goods regulations as well as practical experience in performing dangerous goods audits and other dangerous goods transportation issues. This unparalleled combination of resources allows 3E Company to provide cost-effective and comprehensive services that facilitate DGSA compliance.
3E Company's DGSA services include:
  • Advising the employer on EH&S matters in connection with transporting dangerous goods
  • Supporting the annual compliance audit of each of the customer's facilities across Europe, which typically includes reviewing the dangerous goods activities and compliance actions related to work procedures, employee training, marketing information, and general housekeeping
  • Verifying that a management system is in place for shipping dangerous goods
  • Preparing the customer's dangerous goods annual report for management and public authorities
The foundation of the new services is the assignment of a DGSA to each customer. The DGSA audits the customer's existing EH&S strategy to determine the DGSA services that are most critical and to ensure consistency in enforcement across multiple sites. Developing a thorough understanding of a customer's business enables the DGSA to produce deliverables and recommend services that reflect the company's culture and business practices.

"3E's new DGSA services help customers streamline the chemical regulatory compliance process and save valuable resources," said Jytte Syska, vice president of international operations, 3E Company. "As we continue our expansion into Europe, we have become uniquely positioned to assist customers with their global compliance needs. Our industry-leading suite of services and solutions facilitate global compliance by enabling customers to better understand and satisfy the regulatory requirements in the countries where they conduct business."

3E Company's DGSA services are available immediately. Pricing is based on the scope and frequency of DGSA services.

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.

3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards in Online and MSDS Services from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Bethesda, MD, Kingsport, TN, and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.