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OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 08/30/06
Performance Track Membership Application

















Louisiana-Pacific, Hanceville OSB
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation





A040153























CONTACT INFORMATION
Louisiana-Pacific, Hanceville OSB

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation


Facility location

902 Main Street, SE
Hanceville
AL
35077



Contact Information


Mr. Keith Smith
Plant Environmental Manager
256-352-1711
256-352-1734
keith.smith@lpcorp.com
www.lpcorp.com


Mailing Address
(if different from facility location)



SECTION A: TELL US ABOUT YOUR FACILITY

1.

At a professional conference
Internally within your company

2.

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

3.
321213        

4.
100-499

5.

Hanceville OSB Facility Implemented their EMS in 1998, and has focused on continuous improvement since that time. A recent accomplishment at the site relates to significant waste reductions through improving materials handling practices and management related to the log yard. Hanceville OSB received internal recognition and the top award for Waste Reduction and Recycling in 2003 for a manufacturing facility at LP. The award was for for reduction in disposal to landfill - with an 80% reduction or a reduction of 2,558 tons in disposal to landfill. Part of this was due to Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) related waste disposal, but even with those volumes removed, the reduction remained at 31%- well above the corporate-wide goal of 5% reduction . This accomplishment sets a high standard for our other operations and is a great contribution to LP's overall performance as part of the US EPA WasteWise program.


Additional information about LP's EMS and environmental program:
LP began developing its environmental management system (EMS) in 1994, beginning with the Policy on Protection of the Environment and a Corporate-wide Waste Reduction and Recycling Program. Over the course of two years, a cross functional team of environmental professionals developed the framework for LP’s EMS and implemented it at one of our Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facilities.

The first EMS implementation was completed in 1996 and was followed over the next few years by implementation in all facilities in the OSB product-line, engineered wood facilities, and engineered wood siding facilities. Most of these operations have had functioning EMS programs following a Plan-Do-Check-Act continuous improvement approach since the late 1990’s. Some of LP’s more recent acquisitions have successfully implemented programs in more recent years.

Implementation is generally a year long process that takes a cross functional team from the facility that identifies aspects and impacts, develops standard operating procedures, and implements checks and corrective actions to ensure continuous improvement.

As EMS matures it becomes integrated into the daily operation and planning for each of our facilities. EMS and the environmental component of management has also been integrated into corporate planning, capital projects and manager and employee performance reviews.

LP has participated in many voluntary programs at the local, state and federal level and has received recognition for our participation and performance in these programs. LP has participated in the EPA WasteWise program on a corporate-wide basis since 1994 and has received three recognitions form the program related to our performance as well as had our EMS and sustainable office interiors featured in program publications.

LP had produced several environmental reports over the years, the first in 1996. LP’s most recent Sustainability Report “Build With Us” was released in September 2005 and discusses many of the different initiatives and accomplishments around the company. This report can be viewed or downloaded at www.Lpcorp.com/sustainabilityreport.


6.
No





SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

1.

           


No

No

No

2.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

3.
Yes

4.
Yes

5.
February 05

6.
Yes

7.
Yes

8.?
Yes

NEPT Independent Assessment Protocol

9.
March 05

10.
Mark Strohbeck, Southern Region Environmental Project Manager


SECTION C: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS

First Achievement

1a.
Energy Use

1b.
Total (non-transportation) energy use

1c.

Reduction in natural gas usage in MMBTU's/year

1d.

Converted OSB press Regerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) to Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer (RCO) with the addition of a catalyst layer. This gives Hanceville the ability to reduce combustion device temperature from approximately 1500 degrees Farenheit to approximately 800 degrees Farenheit while maintaining the same relative destruction efficiency. Gas usage decreased from 27% of mill energy profile to 21%



PastCurrent
2a.20032005
2b.435,914392,036
2c.MMBtus
2d.0.991.0
2e.
production in million square feet
2f.
440,317.17
392,036.00



Second Achievement

1a.
Discharges to Water

1b.
Total suspended solids

1c.

Install Wet Electrostatic Precipitator in front of the existing Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer control devices. Blowdown water from the WESP is recycled to the wet bins(back to process).

1d.

Hanceville installed a Wet Electrostatic Precipitators (WESP's) in front of our Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTO’s). Prior to the installation of the Wet Electrostatic Precipitators. The RTO's required very frequent washouts. This wastewater discharge contained a high solids loading (140 mg/l) and was discharged to a local public owned treatment works (POTW). Prior to the installation of the WESP's, discharge to the local treatment averaged about 3 million gallons per year. After WESP installation, wastewater discharge from WESP washout is a rare almost non-existent event.

PastCurrent
2a.20032005
2b.350558
2c.Pounds
2d.0.991.0
2e.
Production in milion square feet of finished product.
2f.
3,540.40
58.00



SECTION C: Application Commitments

Commitment 1

Material Use
Materials used
 All measurements should represent the performance level for the indicator across the entire facility. For many indicators, however, you may choose to focus your commitment on a specific subset of the indicator, e.g. a specific material, a specific group of toxic air emissions, a particular waste component, a specific VOC, etc.Specific

Reduce quantity of raw logs and wood required to make OSB

Saw Trim Recovery - Install equipment to process saw trim into material more suitable for introduction into the OSB core layer. This raw material recovery project includes a separator cyclone to classify the saw trim into both fuel and raw furnish (raw product). This project will allow Hanceville to produce the same quantity of OSB with less logs or more OSB with the same quantity of purchased logs.

No
Yes



2005 2009 
Tons  
737,498 706,702 


Normalized goal

    

The normalizing factor used is production, which is reported in million square feet finished product.

No



Commitment 2

Material Use
Materials used
 All measurements should represent the performance level for the indicator across the entire facility. For many indicators, however, you may choose to focus your commitment on a specific subset of the indicator, e.g. a specific material, a specific group of toxic air emissions, a particular waste component, a specific VOC, etc.

Specific


Paint used

Install a new robotic OSB painting system for the paint application of edge sealant to the panels. This robotic painting system will replace the current manual painting system. This will significantly reduce quantity of paint used for this operation.

No
Yes



2005 2009 
Pounds  
761,773 700,000 


Normalized goal

    

The normalizing factor used is production, which is reported in million square feet finished product.

No




Commitment 3

Water Use
Total water used
 All measurements should represent the performance level for the indicator across the entire facility. For many indicators, however, you may choose to focus your commitment on a specific subset of the indicator, e.g. a specific material, a specific group of toxic air emissions, a particular waste component, a specific VOC, etc.All

Improvements to energy system will reduce fine particulate carryover, therefore less blow down and make-up water will need to be utilized in the WESP pollution control system. This energy system is the major utilizer of water in the facility.

No
Yes



2005 2009 
Gallons  
1,622,900 1,541,755 


Normalized goal

    

The normalizing factor used is production, which is reported in million square feet finished product.

No




Commitment 4

Waste
Non-hazardous waste generation
 All measurements should represent the performance level for the indicator across the entire facility. For many indicators, however, you may choose to focus your commitment on a specific subset of the indicator, e.g. a specific material, a specific group of toxic air emissions, a particular waste component, a specific VOC, etc.Specific

Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) sludge.

Improved mill combustion methods will be utilized such that less WESP sludge is generated and therefore taken to the local landfill. This sludge will be reduced by 15% and will be quantified by direct measurement of WESP sludge loads to landfill.

No
Yes


In the table below, please enter your facility's amount of non-hazardous waste, broken down by waste management method. Please enter both the amounts that you manage currently and that you intend to manage in 2009. "Waste" is defined as all materials that are sent off-site that are neither product nor product packaging.
Reduce Non-Hazardous Waste 
 2005 2009

Landfill 613,000521,000Pounds
306.50260.50


Normalized goal

    

The normalizing factor used is production, which is reported in million square feet finished product.

No





Attachments (if applicable) :




SECTION D: Tell us about your public outreach and reporting.

1.

Hanceville has received few communications with community concerns. Of course, when aspects and impacts are periodically renewed, these should take into account all stakeholders including the surrounding community. When communications with concerns from the community are received, they are addressed immediately by communicating directly with the source of the concern. If the issue is of a more serious environmental nature, the corporate SOP to address these issues is utilized as outlined below:

1. Issues are recorded and assigned a unique ID number which identifies the date, facility, and the issues involved.
2. The issue is discussed with the plant manager.
3. A Corporate Environmental Affairs Standard Operating Procedure #101 (CEA-101) forms are completed and signed by both the Environmental Manager and the Plant Manager. This briefly describes the issue, and gives corporate environmental affairs knowledge of the issue.
4. A phone call is made to the Business Team Environmental Manager informing him / her of the details of the issue and that a CEA-101 will be forthcoming within 24 hours.
5. A Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is developed to ensure that proper corrective action is developed.
6. If the issue cannot be resolved within 30 days, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) is developed to resolve the issue.
7. The CAP and progress towards resolution is reviewed by corporate environmental affairs every 30 days until the issue is resolved.


2.

Any permit modifications are posted in the local newspaper for public comment. A public meeting is held if there are any questions or issues that arise. Additional external communication occurs through employee involvement in outside civic organizations, and corporate-wide communication initiatives led by the corporate affairs group. LP Maintains a public website fpr external communications. Facility performance and company performance is also communicated in the company’s sustainability report, and through involvement in voluntary initiatives such as EPA WasteWise, Climate Wise, OSHA VPP, EPA Performance Track, and Performance Track Participants association.

3.
Web Site
URL: http://www.lpcorp.com


4.
No



5.

Representative of a Community/ Citizen Group
  Cullman County People Against a Littered State (PALS)
  Gaynor St. John
  256-734-3542

State/tribal/local regulator
  ADEM - Air Division
  Jeff Strickland
  334-270-5668

Other community/local reference
(e.g., emergency management official or business associate)
  Mayor - City of Hanceville, Alabama
  Ms. Katie Whitley
  256-352-9830


SECTION E: Application and Participation Statement

On behalf of Louisiana-Pacific, Hanceville OSB, I certify that:

  • I have read and agree to the terms and conditions for Application and Participation in the National Environmental Performance Track, as specified in the National Environmental Performance Track Program Guide and in the Application Instructions;

  • I have personally examined and am familiar with the information contained in this Application, including the Environmental Requirements Checklist. The information contained in this Application is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, true, accurate, and complete, and I have no reason to believe the facility would not meet all program requirements;

  • My facility has an environmental management system (EMS), as defined in the Performance Track EMS requirements, including systems to maintain compliance with all applicable Federal, State, tribal, and local environmental requirements in place at the facility, and the EMS will be maintained for the duration of the facility's participation in the program;

  • My facility has conducted an objective assessment of its compliance with all Federal, State, tribal, and local environmental requirements, and the facility has corrected all identified instances of potential or actual noncompliance;

  • Based on the foregoing compliance assessment and subsequent corrective actions (if any were necessary), my facility is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, currently in compliance with applicable Federal, State, tribal, and local environmental requirements.


I agree that EPA's decision whether to accept participants into or remove them from the National Environmental Performance Track is wholly discretionary, and I waive any right that may exist under any law to challenge EPA's acceptance or removal decision.

I am the senior facility manager and fully authorized to execute this statement on behalf of the corporation or other legal entity whose facility is applying to this program.


______________________________________________________
Mr.  Richard Southeard Jr
Plant Manager
256-352-3100 X1714
Richard.Southeard@lpcorp.com
Louisiana-Pacific, Hanceville OSB
902 Main Street, SE
Hanceville, AL 35077
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ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

Facility Identification Information


1.

(A RCRA number is used in the RCRA Info for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs).
Yes
ALR000003954

2.

(A TRI number is used in the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act).
Yes
35077-LSNPC-902MA

3.

(An AFS number is used in the AIRS Facility Subsystem of the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) for Clean Air Act programs).
Yes
0104300027

4.

(A PCS/NPDES number is used in the Permit Compliance System (PCS) for Clean Water Act programs monitoring National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits).
Yes
ALG060125

5.

(A FIFRA number is given to facilities regulated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)).
No

Air Characteristics

1.
Yes

2.
No

3.
Yes

4.
No

5.
Yes

Subpart D(c)

6.
Yes

7.
Yes
Boiler MACT, PCWP MACT

8.
No


9.
Yes

10.
No

11.
Yes
CO, NOX, VOC and Particulates

12.

n/a

Water Characteristics

1.
Yes

2.
No

3.
Yes

4.
Yes

5.
No

6.
Yes

7.
No


8.

n/a

Hazardous Waste Characteristics

1.
No

2.
Yes

3.
No

4.
No

5.

n/a

Environmental Clean-Up, Restoration, and Corrective Action Characteristics

1.
No


2.
No


3.
No

4.
No

5.

n/a

Other Environmental Characteristics

1.
Yes

2.
No

3.
No

4.
No

5.
Yes

6.
Yes

7.
No

8.

n/a