, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer
and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. Sunoco is a significant
manufacturer of petrochemicals with annual sales of approximately five billion
pounds, largely chemical intermediates used to make fibers, plastics, film and
resins. It is important that
these pipes remain structurally sound during the life of the roadway for a
better performance and uninterrupted service. IEU-Ohio's commercial
and industrial members collectively spend over $3 billion per year on
electricity and natural gas for their Ohio locations and employ over 250,000
associates.

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(4) Moreover, the collapse of the conduit adjacent to or crossing
under the highway will invariably result in highway collapse and catastrophic
expense and loss of use for transport. of Community Affairs, Division of Fire Safety
* Information available through Nov.
IEU-Ohio is a trade association that works on issues that affect the price
and availability of energy required by Ohio businesses.

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Nearly 300 accidents
in the past five years involved fuel spills as a result of tanker truck
accidents or other highway incidents.

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(NYSE: SUN)
said today that it has issued its 2004 Health, Environment and Safety (HES)
Report, marking this as the thirteenth successive year that the Company has
publicly reported the results of its performance. However, legislation S-146 has
been introduced by Senator Len Connors (R), District 9 in the Senate, and by
Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D), District 19 (Fire Safety Commission),
establishing a safety standard for drainage construction by demanding that
certain combustible materials in storm drain and water retention systems
contain a flame retardant package .

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Studies have documented that large underground pipe could present a
significant fire hazard by literally carrying a fire from one location to
another. Nenad Gucinski and Dr.

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(Logo: http://www.com . Utilizing a unique, patented technology, Sunoco also has the capacity
to manufacture over 2. By
2005, there were 49* spills -- a 445% increase -- almost all of which involved
a hazardous material spill that could potentially put roadway infrastructure
at risk.
Drainage pipes run under and adjacent to all of these highways, serving as
support for the roadway infrastructure. Husam
Najm, Dr.

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5 million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-
grade coke for use in the steel industry.
Recently, a Rutgers University engineering group studied the risk and
documented the economic consequence of combustible conduit under the state's
highway system: "The performance of roadway pavement is significantly
affected by the integrity of buried pipes underneath.

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"(3)
Although concrete conduit supports most of NJ's highways, there have been
inroads made to substitute HDPE .

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"We are very encouraged by the actions of the leaders of the House and
Senate because they will help Ohioans manage the growing risks related to
increases in the cost of energy," said Sam Randazzo, General Counsel to the
Industrial Energy Users-Ohio.

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In 1993 Sunoco became the
first Fortune 500 company to endorse the Ceres Principles, a 10-point code of
environmental conduct that includes public reporting of environmental
performance.
(4) "Flame Retardant Polyethylene Pipe," by David Edenburn, Edenburn
Consulting International, February 2005.

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The Report provides detailed HES performance data for Sunoco's business
units and this year provides additional data and information for individual
Company facilities .
The most populated state in the U.

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Surprisingly, some of the materials used to support highway infrastructure
are actually combustible, including high-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) . The bill is strongly supported by the fire
community.
(5) Rutgers, October 2005.

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Ceres , a unique coalition of institutional investors, environmental
organizations and public interest groups , is a worldwide leader in
standardized corporate environmental reporting through the Global Reporting
Initiative.S. These large plastic conduits sell at a
discount compared to traditional concrete conduit and manufacturers have not
utilized flame retardant additives to reduce or eliminate its propensity to
burn.

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Sunoco believes that excellence in health, environment and
safety performance go hand-in-hand with operations reliability and is a
leading indicator of the Company 's financial strength. COLUMBUS, Ohio, The Industrial Energy Users-Ohio
(IEU-Ohio) appreciates the action taken by the leaders of the Ohio House and
Ohio Senate to drop the proposed increase in Ohio's kilowatt-hour (kWh) tax
from the new state budget, House Bill 66.

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Features of the Web site version can be found by accessing the How to Use This
Report link located at the bottom of each page ., The Concrete Pipe Association of
New Jersey reports that, over the last five years, accidents involving fuel
spills on NJ highways have increased at an alarming rate.
(3) "Effect of Buried Pipe Integrity On Roadway Subsidence," by Dr. "We look forward to continuing to work with
the leaders of the General Assembly to address the difficult energy price and
reliability issues that must be addressed to improve Ohio's economy.

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J.(1) In the year 2000, the Department of
Community Affairs ' Division of Fire Safety accounted for 11 incidents.

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"Ohio businesses are already being pushed hard
by global competition and the current high level of energy costs meant that
the proposed increase in Ohio's energy taxes was going to make the challenges
even more difficult," he added."
"This is a great start but there is more work to be done," said Randazzo.

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It includes anecdotes that highlight various Company HES
activities including Sunoco's involvement with Community Advisory Panels
(CAPs), reinforces the importance of training for improving HES performance,
and talks about challenges to Sunoco over the next three to five years.
A detailed version of the 2004 HES/Ceres Report , as well as an 18-page
summary, can be found on Sunoco's Web site: http://www.
Printed copies of the summary are also available by contacting Sunoco at:

Telephone: (215) 977-6847
Fax: (215) 246-8001
E-mail: HESReporting@sunocoinc.
During the legislative process associated with the budget, IEU-Ohio
expressed concerns that the proposed increase in the energy tax would work
against Ohio's larger effort to reform Ohio's tax structure to reduce the cost
of living and doing business in Ohio.

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PHILADELPHIA, Sunoco, Inc.

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Over 70 corporations have now joined with Sunoco to endorse the
Ceres Principles and work with Ceres to find concrete solutions to
environmental challenges. With 900,000 barrels per
day of refining capacity , approximately 4,800 retail sites selling gasoline
and convenience items, over 4,300 miles of crude oil and refined product owned
and operated pipelines and 38 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest
independent refiner-marketers in the United States.

(1) NJ Dept. of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, October 2005.

From the Industrial Energy Users - Ohio

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Sunoco Issues 2004 Health Environment and Safety Report

, New Jersey maintains a staggering
36,000 miles of highway,(2) which are traveled by millions of commuters daily.(5)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation is presently considering
enacting a specification that would permit the use of HDPE in an increasing
number of settings in drainage construction. 17th, 2005.

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Sunoco, Inc. TRENTON, N.
(2) "Public Roadway Mileage and Vehicle Miles Traveled ," NJDOT, January
2006. Ali Maher, Rutgers Dept.

CONTACT: Mary Beth Kramer
Kramer Consulting
(215) 431-3946

The proposed increase would have
increased this electricity tax by about 30%.

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A
fire spread into a conduit made of combustible material would result in
highway collapse if the pipe were ignited. IEU-Ohio provided the General Assembly
with information showing that Ohio's energy intensive economy is particularly
disadvantaged by energy cost increases and taxes tied to energy costs or
usage.

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Increases In Fuel Spill Accidents Raise Concerns About NJ Roadway Infrastructure

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