Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant 2006 APR View/Print

OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 01/31/2010

2006 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant
A060043
Year 1 Annual Performance Report
Member Since 2003 (2nd Member Term)

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1

Name of your facility:

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant

A.2

Name of your parent company:

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

A.3

Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:

Name:	Mr. Daria Partovi
Title:	Plant Environmental Manager
Phone:	(903) 694-2414
Fax:	(903) 694-2563
Email:	Daria.Partovi@LPCorp.com

A.4

Facility location:

Street Address:	1199 County Road 201
Address Cont:
City:	Carthage
State:	TX
Zip Code:	75633
Mailing address (if different from above):
Mailing Address:
Address Cont:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
If your facility has multiple street addresses, please list any other addresses for its sites or buildings.

A.5

Facility's website address (if any):

http://www.lpcorp.com

A.6

Number of employees (full-time equivalents) who currently work in the facility:

100-499

A.7

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is(are) used to classify business at the facility:

321219

A.8

In your application and, perhaps, in previous annual performance reports, you described what your facility does or makes. Have there been any (additional) changes to your facility's list of products and/or activities?

Yes

If yes, please list them here:

Facility's air permit has been amended for installation of a centralized Bark Burner to replace four (4) existing wood suspension burners on the dryers. In addition, the annual production rate is increased from 465MM square feet to 520MM square feet of OSB per year. This permit amendment 26002/PSD-TX-888M2 was approved by TCEQ on March 8, 2007.

The new permit regarding installation of new unit "bark burner" will not affect our original commitments and as the matter of fact it will improve our commitment #1 in reduction of natural gas. However, the higher production rate, waste ash generation and project construction will increase our annual waste generation for the year 2007 and 2008 which will affect the facility's total non-hazardous waste generation to off-site landfill without affecting the Commitment #3 goal of reduction of 600-800 tons of landfill Pine Tar Waste to a recycleable material.

A.9

Have the environmental requirements applicable to your facility changed during this reporting period?

If yes, please describe these changes here:

Section B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B.1.a

When was an EMS assessment last conducted by an independent party at your facility?

2006

If an assessment was conducted during 2006, please provide the type (e.g., ISO 14001 certification), the scope, and the month(s) of each assessment.

Type Scope Dates

Clean Texas EMS Assessment

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Clean Texas EMS Assessment Team conducted their second EMS assessment audit on August 23-25, 2006 which resulted in site approval as a GOLD member and conditional approval as a highest level PLATINUM member of Clean Texas Program. The final approval for PLATINUM membership is pending for additional review by TCEQ EMS Audit Team.

The TCEQ audit team performed a comprehensive facility-wide environmental audit related to the facility's EMS program including compliance, EMS SOPs, employees interview and TCEQ Check list. The result of this audit was that TCEQ Clean Texas recognized the Carthage OSB facility as a PLATINUM member )the highest level award) and Louisiana Pacific, Carthage OSB Plant received this award on May 2, 2007 in TCEQ trade show in Austin, Texas.
August 2006

B.1.b

When was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?

2005

If an assessment was not conducted in 2006, please indicate when your next audit is scheduled.

An Internal audit On-Target EMS Assessment is scheduled for facility for 3rd/4th quarter 2007

B.1.c

When was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?

2005

If an assessment was not conducted in 2006, please indicate when your next audit is scheduled.

Usally every three years, we are due by 2nd Quarter-2008

B.1.d

(Optional) If you would like to describe any other audits or inspections that were conducted at your facility, please do so here.

The facility's EMS Team members conduct continuous routine EMS inspection and document the result of their performance in Environmental Observation Cards and Employees Spot-Check. During the fiscal year of 2006 the EMS Team completed a total of 263 Environmental Observation Cards and 66 Employees Spot-Check Forms.

B.1.e

Briefly summarize corrective actions taken and other improvements made as a result of your EMS assessments and compliance audits.

All of the EMS, internal and external audit issues will be documented in Corrective Action Program (CAP) as mandated by the Corporate Environmental Affairs Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). The CAP reports, monthly progress and CAP closures will be monitored in facility's Monthly Environmental Report (MER) by CEA. The majority of CAPs will be closed by the few weeks from the issuance date and the few major issues that requires capital expenditures must be closed no later than six months from the date of issuance.

B.1.f

Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?

Yes

If no, please explain your plans to correct these instances.

B.1.g

When was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?

September 06

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr. Don Sodersten

Title: OBS/EWP Business Team Environmental Manager

B.2.a

ISO 14001 Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001?

B.2.b

Is your facility a Responsible Care-certified facility?

B.3 Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?

October 06

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

C.1 COMMITMENT 1

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's first commitment is to reduce the facility's total (non-transportation) energy use.

C.1.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

On April 22, 2006 the facility completed the conversion of an existing Press Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) to Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer (RCO). The completion of this project resulted in an annual reduction of natural gas consumption for Press RTO/RCO by 38,221,000 cubic foot or 20% less usage compare to the baseline year 2005.

The electrical saving during 2006 was mainly the result of continuous improvement on the plant-wide process equipment program logic control (PLC) and a well managed and planned scheduled down time by facility's maintenance/electrical departments. When the process of one area goes down the PLC shut down other possible areas process equipment to save on electrical usage.

The biomass BTU reduction was the result of lower production during the 2006 which is directly related to the dryers up time since the biomass (wood fuel) is the primary fuel for the dryer's wood burner, low production means less dryer process and less wood fuel. Wood fuel generates from the facility's baghouses which collect waste wood from the saw line, sanders, edge trims, T & G, and screeners.

C.1.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Energy Generated Off-Site

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units

Calendar Year 2005 2006 2007 2008

Electricity Purchased

Electricity from Grid/Utility 54,843,300 50,536,236 Kwh

Specify:

Electricity from Off-Grid Renewable Sources Kwh

Specify:

Total Electricity Purchased 187,125.34 172,429.64 MMBtus

If your facility purchases electricity from the grid, please confirm that the electricity geographic region shown below is correct. If incorrect, please contact the Performance Track Information Center.
ERCOT All

Steam

EPA will be determining the greenhouse gases associated with the generation of the steam that you purchase. We will be contacting you for additional information regarding the source of the steam generated. Btus

Specify:

Total Energy Generated Off-Site 187,125.34 172,429.64 MMBtus

Sources of Energy Generated On-Site

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units

Calendar Year 2005 2006 2007 2008

Coal

Specify:

Natural Gas 467,526.00 374,030.00 MMBtus

Specify:

Crude Oil

Specify:

Fuel Oil

Specify:

Diesel

Specify:

Propane/LPG

Specify:

Gasoline

Specify:

Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cells

Specify:

Natural Gas/Methane Powered Fuel Cells

Specify:

Biomass 1,028,244.00 956,210.00 MMBtus

Specify:

Biodiesel

Specify:

Solar

Specify:

Wind

Specify:

Landfill Gas

Specify:

Geothermal

Specify:

Hydroelectric

Specify:

Tire Derived Fuel

Specify:

Other Fuel or Source
Specify:

Specify:

Total Energy Generated On-Site 1,495,770.00 1,330,240.00 MMBtus

C.1.c Total energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Actual Energy Use Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Total Renewable Energy Use 1,029,048.64 956,951.45 n/a MMBtus

Total Non-Renewable Energy Use 653,846.70 545,718.19 n/a MMBtus

Total Energy Use 1,682,895.34 1,502,669.64 n/a MMBtus

Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 59,778.77 52,080.26 n/a MTCO2E

Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents Offset due to Investments in Green Energy, e.g. green tags MTCO2E

Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 59,778.77 52,080.26 n/a MTCO2E

Normalized Energy Use Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 0.92

Total Energy Use 1,682,895.34 1,633,336.57 1,646,419.34 MMBtus

Specify other:

Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 59,778.77 56,608.98 57,849.05 MTCO2E

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) square footage on 3/8-inch basis.

C.1.e Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.2 COMMITMENT 2

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's second commitment is to reduce the facility's materials use, specifically green logs.

C.2.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

The capital project for the Saw Trim Recovery project has been approved by the management and installation was scheduled for the 1st Quarter of year 2007. However, due to a continuous effort by the facility's maintenance and production department including wood yard management we were able to reclaim an annual total of 70.00 tons of dryed wafers from the waste pile back into the production line.

During the normal production, ocasionally good wafers have to be forced out side the process equipment through the fire dump and out side the warehouse due to the fire detection inside the pnumatic ducts and vessels. Dumped wafers will be transferred to a disignated area calls Fuel Pile or Waste Pile which finaly loaded to trucks and ship off-site as alternative fuel for other plants. In 4th quarter 2006 we started a (reclaim process) by loading these wafers in to a fron loader and introduce them back into our process.

We are expecting to see a reduction of approximate 10,000 tons of green logs in 2007 after the completion of Saw Trim Recovery project.

C.2.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.

Calendar Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 Goal Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 791,486.00 665,081.00 n/a Tons

Specify other:

C.2.c Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 0.92

Normalized Quantity 791,486.00 722,914.13 771,400.00 Tons

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) square footage on 3/8-inch basis.

C.2.e Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.3 COMMITMENT 3

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's third commitment is to improve the management of the facility's non-hazardous waste, specifically yellow pine tar sludge generated from the Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) process.

C.3.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

In 2006 we were able to reduce our facility's annual total solid waste generation to landfill by approximately 100,000.00 lb in comparison to baseline year of 2005. However, due to the green log market which resulted to considerable amount of down time, we have generated about 26,000,000.00 lb less recyclable material such as bark and fines.

The goal of this commitment is to change the status of approximately 600-800 tons of non-hazardous waste pine tar which is currently shipping to an off-site landfill to a reusable alternative fuel for a facility that can utilize it for this purpose.

In spite of all the efforts and research by facility's EMS Team to locate and identify a source to recycle or utilize this particulare waste (pine tar) as alternative fuel during the 2006, we had no favorable success. The EMS team continues this effort for the years to come.

C.3.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Waste Management Method Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units

2005 2006 2007 2008

Landfill

Specify other:
2,840,380 2,731,210 Pounds

Specify other:

Reused/recycled off-site

Specify other:
136,191,340 110,141,440 Pounds

Specify other:

Other management

Specify other: Off-Site Energy Recovery
0 Pounds

Specify other:

Landfill

Specify other:
0

Specify other:

Landfill

Specify other:
0 Tons

Specify other:

C.3.c Summarized progress toward goal.

Actual Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Total Non Hazardous Waste 69,515.86 56,436.33 n/a Tons

Specify other:

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 0.92

Total Non Hazardous Waste 69,515.86 61,343.83 69,815.86 Tons

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) square footage on 3/8-inch basis.

C.3.e Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.4 COMMITMENT 4

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's fourth commitment is to reduce the expected lifetime energy use of the facility's product(s).

C.4.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

Techshield is a specific product and a portion of our total annual production. However, the production of techshield is directly related to our main production line. We will be able to make more techshield if we increase the main line production. Due to this factor, we have decided to select the Normalization Factor as the main production line. The Louisiana Pacific engineering department has estimated that a 1,000 square feet of this product can save a total of 75 KwH of electricity. Therefore, more footage of this product, more electrical saving. This commitment's goal is to increase the Techshield production by 1,500,000 SF by goal year 2008 or an extra electrical saving of 112,500 KwH.

2006-TechShield board production of 108,740,600 square feet was approximately 5,243,500.00 square feet less than 2005. The lower production was related to facility's down days that were resulted from the low green log market. However, the result of normalized year indicate a slight improvement of 315,900.00 kWh or 0.3% for 2006 in comparison with baseline year of 2005.

In spite of diappointment housing market, we are expecting a better market for TechShield board for the year 2007.

C.4.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.

Calendar Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 Goal Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 8,548,800 8,155,545 n/a kWh

Specify other:

C.4.c Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 0.92

Normalized Quantity 8,548,800 8,864,722.83 8,660,800 kWh

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
2005-TechShield production, 113,984,190 sf.
2008-TechShield production, 115,484,190 sf
75 KwH saving per 1,000 sf of TechShield.

C.4.e Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Progress Towards Other Significant Aspects of your EMS

In the table below, please provide a narrative summary of progress made toward EMS objectives and targets other than those reported as Environmental Performance Commitments. You may limit the summary to environmental aspects that are significant and towards which progress has been made during the reporting year.

Do you have additional environmental aspects to report? Yes

Environmental Aspect Progress Made This Year (e.g., quantitative or qualitative improvements, activities conducted)

Bark Burner Installation A permit amendment application was prepared and submitted to Agency associated with purchasing and installation of an industrial and centeralized bark burner. The capital project for this syatem was reviewed and approved by management. The installation of new bark burner will enable us to utilize a total of annual 60,000.00 to 70,000.00 tons of bark generated on-site as fuel for the bark burner which reduces the consumption of natural gas by a minimum of 10-15% per year for entire facility.

Attachments (if applicable) :

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

D.1 Please briefly describe the activities that your facility conducted during the year to interact with the community on environmental issues and to report publicly on environmental performance.

In spite of our continuous effort in trying to interact with Panola County and City of Carthage officials including County Local Emergency Planning office and Fire Department,we did not have a successful outcome during the year 2006. However, the facility EMS Team has scheduled a community out reach program on April 14, 2007 in a joint venture with Panola County Constable office.

D.2 Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Performance Track Annual Performance Report available to the public. Please check all that apply.

Web Site, Meetings, Press Releases, Other
URL: http://www.LPCorp.com Then Click on About Us, Click on The Environment & Click on Partnership.

Please Specify Other: Local Newspaper (Panola Watchman) and Radio Station (Swap Shop)

Attachments (if applicable):

OMB No. 2010-0032
SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FOR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not yet in a position to accept electronic signatures and therefore requests a faxed, signed copy of the Section E page. Please complete Section E online, then print Section E using the link on the Overview page. Section E should be signed by the senior manager of your facility and faxed it to the Performance Track Information Center at (617) 354-0463.
On behalf of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant, I certify that: I have read and agree to the terms and conditions as specified in the National Enviromental Performance Track Program Guide. This facility, to the best of my knowledge, continues to meet all program criteria; I have personally examined and am familiar with the information contained in this Annual Performance Report. The information contained in this report is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, true, accurate, and complete; My facility has an environmental management system (EMS), as defined in the Performance Track EMS criteria, 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 applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements; and the facility has corrected all identified instances of potential or actual noncompliance; and Based on the foregoing compliance assessments 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 Environment 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 manager with responsibility for the facility and am fully authorized to execute this statement on behalf of the corporation or other legal entity whose facility is part of the National Environmental Performance Track program.
Signature/Date:	______________________________________________________
Name:	Mr. Don Roark
Title:	Plant Manager
Phone Number:	(903) 694-2414
E-Mail Address:	Don.Roark@LPCorp.com
Facility Name:	Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant
Facility Street Address:	1199 County Road 201 Carthage, TX 75633
Mailing Address:	1199 County Road 201 Carthage, TX 75633
Performance Track ID#:	A060043

B.3	Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?
	October 06

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's first commitment is to reduce the facility's total (non-transportation) energy use.
C.1.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	On April 22, 2006 the facility completed the conversion of an existing Press Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) to Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer (RCO). The completion of this project resulted in an annual reduction of natural gas consumption for Press RTO/RCO by 38,221,000 cubic foot or 20% less usage compare to the baseline year 2005. The electrical saving during 2006 was mainly the result of continuous improvement on the plant-wide process equipment program logic control (PLC) and a well managed and planned scheduled down time by facility's maintenance/electrical departments. When the process of one area goes down the PLC shut down other possible areas process equipment to save on electrical usage. The biomass BTU reduction was the result of lower production during the 2006 which is directly related to the dryers up time since the biomass (wood fuel) is the primary fuel for the dryer's wood burner, low production means less dryer process and less wood fuel. Wood fuel generates from the facility's baghouses which collect waste wood from the saw line, sanders, edge trims, T & G, and screeners.
C.1.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Energy Generated Off-Site
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Calendar Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	Units
Electricity Purchased
Electricity from Grid/Utility	54,843,300	50,536,236			Kwh Specify:
Electricity from Off-Grid Renewable Sources					Kwh Specify:
Total Electricity Purchased	187,125.34	172,429.64			MMBtus
	If your facility purchases electricity from the grid, please confirm that the electricity geographic region shown below is correct. If incorrect, please contact the Performance Track Information Center. ERCOT All
Steam EPA will be determining the greenhouse gases associated with the generation of the steam that you purchase. We will be contacting you for additional information regarding the source of the steam generated.					Btus Specify:
Total Energy Generated Off-Site	187,125.34	172,429.64			MMBtus

Sources of Energy Generated On-Site
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Calendar Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	Units
Coal					Specify:
Natural Gas	467,526.00	374,030.00			MMBtus Specify:
Crude Oil					Specify:
Fuel Oil					Specify:
Diesel					Specify:
Propane/LPG					Specify:
Gasoline					Specify:
Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cells					Specify:
Natural Gas/Methane Powered Fuel Cells					Specify:
Biomass	1,028,244.00	956,210.00			MMBtus Specify:
Biodiesel					Specify:
Solar					Specify:
Wind					Specify:
Landfill Gas					Specify:
Geothermal					Specify:
Hydroelectric					Specify:
Tire Derived Fuel					Specify:
Other Fuel or Source Specify:					Specify:
Total Energy Generated On-Site	1,495,770.00	1,330,240.00			MMBtus

Actual Energy Use Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Total Renewable Energy Use	1,029,048.64	956,951.45			n/a	MMBtus
Total Non-Renewable Energy Use	653,846.70	545,718.19			n/a	MMBtus
Total Energy Use	1,682,895.34	1,502,669.64			n/a	MMBtus
Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	59,778.77	52,080.26			n/a	MTCO2E
Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents Offset due to Investments in Green Energy, e.g. green tags						MTCO2E
Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	59,778.77	52,080.26			n/a	MTCO2E

Normalized Energy Use Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	0.92
Total Energy Use	1,682,895.34	1,633,336.57			1,646,419.34	MMBtus Specify other:
Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	59,778.77	56,608.98			57,849.05	MTCO2E Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	Production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) square footage on 3/8-inch basis.

C.1.e	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's second commitment is to reduce the facility's materials use, specifically green logs.
C.2.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	The capital project for the Saw Trim Recovery project has been approved by the management and installation was scheduled for the 1st Quarter of year 2007. However, due to a continuous effort by the facility's maintenance and production department including wood yard management we were able to reclaim an annual total of 70.00 tons of dryed wafers from the waste pile back into the production line. During the normal production, ocasionally good wafers have to be forced out side the process equipment through the fire dump and out side the warehouse due to the fire detection inside the pnumatic ducts and vessels. Dumped wafers will be transferred to a disignated area calls Fuel Pile or Waste Pile which finaly loaded to trucks and ship off-site as alternative fuel for other plants. In 4th quarter 2006 we started a (reclaim process) by loading these wafers in to a fron loader and introduce them back into our process. We are expecting to see a reduction of approximate 10,000 tons of green logs in 2007 after the completion of Saw Trim Recovery project.
C.2.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform.
Calendar Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	Goal	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	791,486.00	665,081.00			n/a	Tons Specify other:

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	0.92
Normalized Quantity	791,486.00	722,914.13			771,400.00	Tons Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	Production of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) square footage on 3/8-inch basis.

C.2.e	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's third commitment is to improve the management of the facility's non-hazardous waste, specifically yellow pine tar sludge generated from the Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) process.
C.3.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	In 2006 we were able to reduce our facility's annual total solid waste generation to landfill by approximately 100,000.00 lb in comparison to baseline year of 2005. However, due to the green log market which resulted to considerable amount of down time, we have generated about 26,000,000.00 lb less recyclable material such as bark and fines. The goal of this commitment is to change the status of approximately 600-800 tons of non-hazardous waste pine tar which is currently shipping to an off-site landfill to a reusable alternative fuel for a facility that can utilize it for this purpose. In spite of all the efforts and research by facility's EMS Team to locate and identify a source to recycle or utilize this particulare waste (pine tar) as alternative fuel during the 2006, we had no favorable success. The EMS team continues this effort for the years to come.
C.3.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
Waste Management Method	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Waste Management Method	2005	2006	2007	2008	Units
Landfill Specify other:	2,840,380	2,731,210			Pounds Specify other:
Reused/recycled off-site Specify other:	136,191,340	110,141,440			Pounds Specify other:
Other management Specify other: Off-Site Energy Recovery	0				Pounds Specify other:
Landfill Specify other:		0			Specify other:
Landfill Specify other:		0			Tons Specify other:

Actual Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Total Non Hazardous Waste	69,515.86	56,436.33			n/a	Tons Specify other:

C.3.e	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Carthage OSB Plant's fourth commitment is to reduce the expected lifetime energy use of the facility's product(s).
C.4.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Techshield is a specific product and a portion of our total annual production. However, the production of techshield is directly related to our main production line. We will be able to make more techshield if we increase the main line production. Due to this factor, we have decided to select the Normalization Factor as the main production line. The Louisiana Pacific engineering department has estimated that a 1,000 square feet of this product can save a total of 75 KwH of electricity. Therefore, more footage of this product, more electrical saving. This commitment's goal is to increase the Techshield production by 1,500,000 SF by goal year 2008 or an extra electrical saving of 112,500 KwH. 2006-TechShield board production of 108,740,600 square feet was approximately 5,243,500.00 square feet less than 2005. The lower production was related to facility's down days that were resulted from the low green log market. However, the result of normalized year indicate a slight improvement of 315,900.00 kWh or 0.3% for 2006 in comparison with baseline year of 2005. In spite of diappointment housing market, we are expecting a better market for TechShield board for the year 2007.
C.4.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

C.4.e	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

D.1	Please briefly describe the activities that your facility conducted during the year to interact with the community on environmental issues and to report publicly on environmental performance.
	In spite of our continuous effort in trying to interact with Panola County and City of Carthage officials including County Local Emergency Planning office and Fire Department,we did not have a successful outcome during the year 2006. However, the facility EMS Team has scheduled a community out reach program on April 14, 2007 in a joint venture with Panola County Constable office.
D.2	Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Performance Track Annual Performance Report available to the public. Please check all that apply.
	Web Site, Meetings, Press Releases, Other
	URL: http://www.LPCorp.com Then Click on About Us, Click on The Environment & Click on Partnership.
	Please Specify Other: Local Newspaper (Panola Watchman) and Radio Station (Swap Shop)
	Attachments (if applicable):

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

Section B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

C.1 COMMITMENT 1

C.2 COMMITMENT 2

C.3 COMMITMENT 3

C.4 COMMITMENT 4

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FOR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT