OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 01/31/2010
2005 Performance Track Annual Performance Report















3M Alexandria
A050073
 Year 2 Annual Performance Report

























SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1Name of your facility:
3M Alexandria

A.2Name of your parent company:
3M Company

A.3Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:
  Name:Mr. Thomas D. Hedstrom
  Title:Environmental/Maintenance Engineer
  Phone:320-763-6521 x.256
  Fax:(320) 763-9736
  Email:tdhedstrom2@mmm.com

A.4
Facility location:
  Street Address:2115 South Broadway
  Address Cont:
  City:Alexandria
  State:MN
  Zip Code:56308


Mailing address (if different from above):
  Mailing Address:
  Address Cont:
  City:
  State:
  Zip Code:

A.5
Facility's website address (if any):
http://www.mmm.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:
32791        

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? If yes, please list them here:

No Changes


A.9
Have the environmental requirements applicable to your facility changed during this reporting period? If yes, please describe these changes here.

No Changes


SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B.1.aWhen was an EMS assessment last conducted by an independent party at your facility?
2005

If an assessment was conducted during 2005, please provide the type (e.g., ISO 14001 certification), the scope, and the month(s) of each assessment.

Type
Scope
Dates
ISO 14001:2004 The environmental management system of the 3M Company associated with the manufacture and converting of coated abrasive materials at Alexandria, MN, USA.   December  2005  



B.1.bWhen was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?
2005

If an assessment was conducted during 2005, please provide the scope and month(s) of each assessment.

Scope
Dates

We conducted an internal self-assessment of our environmental management system. This is in accordance with our Corporate Global Environmental Management Self Assessment process.

September  2005



B.1.cWhen was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?
2005

If an audit was conducted during 2005, please provide the scope and the month(s) of each audit, and indicate who conducted the audit(s) (e.g., facility staff, corporate groups, third party). (Don't include audits, inspections, or site visits by regulatory or external organizations).

Scope
Dates
Who conducted the audit

Audits of our EMS are conducted throughout the year by our 3M Alexandria Internal Auditors. The elements of the EMS are audited and we conduct monthly compliance audits as well. Compliance audits include compliance with ISO14001:2004 and with proper hazardous waste handling.

December  2005In-plant EMS Lead Auditors



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.

We conducted self-assessments to our 3M Corporate Global Environmental Management Self assessment program and the 3M Global Health and Safety Plan. Action items were generated from these assessments and are either in process or complete.

B.1.eBriefly summarize corrective actions taken and other improvements made as a result of your EMS assessments and compliance audits.

We have improved our spill drills, included positive aspects in our aspect list, made our Action Request system stronger through enhanced proof of effectiveness documentation, developed a better system for documentation of monthly effluent pH, turbidity, and flow calibration records, increased contractor awareness of our EMS through modifications to our Contractor Safety Manual and additional training, and improved our documentation of applicable legal requirements that are documented in our Corporate database.

B.1.fHas 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.gWhen was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?
December  2005
Who was the senior manager present at the review?
Name: Mr. David Lambert
Title: Plant Manager

B.2.aISO 14001 Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001?
Yes

B.2.bIs your facility a Responsible Care-certified facility?
No

B.3Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?
December  2005

B.4Progress Toward Achieving Objectives and Targets. 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 in Section C. 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? No





SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE COMMITMENTS

COMMITMENT 1

Category:Waste
Aspect:Total Solid Waste
Specific Information on Aspect (Optional):Total solid waste includes landfill waste and solid waste going to our local waste-to-energy facility. The original committment only included the landfill portion of the waste. We changed this to include the waste going to our local waste to energy facility as well. This change reflects our overall waste.
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2002
2004
2005
2006
2006
Actual Quantity (per year):
2,567.00
2,474
2,177.00

2,182.00
Measurement Units:
tons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.1
.97

1.00 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production, which includes pounds of good product output for the facility.
Normalized Quantity per year:
2,567.00
2,249.09
2,244.33

2182
* Estimated

C.1.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Waste reduction projects were completed through various methods. Primarily 6-sigma projects, yield/quality improvements, improved product flow, vendor communications, re-working of product, improved scheduling, and process improvements.

C.1.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).
None



COMMITMENT 2

Category:Air Emissions
Aspect:Emissions of VOCs
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2002
2004
2005
2006
2006
Actual Quantity (per year):
80.90
66.0
61.05

72.80
Measurement Units:
Tons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.1
.97

1.00 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production, which includes pounds of good product output for the facility.
Normalized Quantity per year:
80.90
60
62.94

72.8
* Estimated

C.2.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Further qualification of product coated with a new technology has expanded the opportunity for using less solutions that contain VOC's, on the coating of our abrasive backing material.

C.2.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).
None



COMMITMENT 3

Category:Energy Use
Aspect:Total Energy Use
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2002
2004
2005
2006
2006
Actual Quantity (per year):
135,133.00
126,264
122692

121,600.00
Measurement Units:
mmBtu
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.1
.97

1.00 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production, which includes pounds of good product output for the facility.
Normalized Quantity per year:
135,133.00
114,785.45
126,486.6

121,600
* Estimated

C.3.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Our volume (good output) was lower in 2005 and the production lines had limited volume at times. However, our plant utilities and just running these lines on a limited basis, account for a substantial portion of the energy use in the plant.

C.3.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).
None



COMMITMENT 4

Category:Water Use
Aspect:Total Water Use
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2002
2004
2005
2006
2006
Actual Quantity (per year):
14,060,000.00
13,666,000
13,381,200

11,000,000.00
Measurement Units:
Gallons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.1
.97

1.00 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Production, which includes pounds of good product output for the facility.
Normalized Quantity per year:
14060000
12,423,636.36
13,795,051.55

11,000,000
* Estimated

C.4.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
We are still below our baseline, but not to the extent where we should be. We added two additional compressors in 2005 and the cooling of these compressors has taken additional water. We have two other production areas in the plant that have increased their cleaning requirements which also has added to water usage. Programs are in place to correct the water usage by the compressors.

C.4.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).
None


SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING




D.1Please 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.

We posted our 2004 Ptrack annual report results in our local library for interested public to view. We also had an article published in the local newspaper on our environmental efforts over and above requirements and also the results of an environmental grant where we worked with our local school district on a wetland area learning center. Attached you will find a thank you we received from the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce for our environmental efforts.

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

Press Releases
Other
Please Specify Other: Local library public interest section


Attachments (if applicable) :
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