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















Baxter Healthcare - Cleveland, MS
A040080
 Year 3 Annual Performance Report

























SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1Name of your facility:
Baxter Healthcare - Cleveland, MS

A.2Name of your parent company:
Baxter Healthcare Corporation

A.3Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:
  Name:Mrs. Missey Hudson
  Title:EHS Manager
  Phone:(662) 846-5920
  Fax:(662) 846-5991
  Email:missey_hudson@baxter.com

A.4
Facility location:
  Street Address:911 North Davis Avenue
  Address Cont:
  City:Cleveland
  State:MS
  Zip Code:38732


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

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

A.6
Number of employees (full-time equivalents) who currently work in the facility:
500-1,000

A.7
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is(are) used to classify business at the facility:
3254  325412      

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?
2004

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.




B.1.bWhen was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?
2003




B.1.cWhen was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?
2004




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.



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

No assessements were conducted in 2005.

B.1.fHas your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?
No such instances identified



B.1.gWhen was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?
October  2005
Who was the senior manager present at the review?
Name: Mr. Mark Jackson
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?
October  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:Hazardous Solid Waste
Specific Information on Aspect (Optional):The quantity is the total hazardous waste for the facility with the goal to reduce the solid component of this waste stream.
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2001
2003
2004
2005
2005
Actual Quantity (per year):
22,749
20813
21382
18727
20,400
Measurement Units:
lbs
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
The normalizing factor is based on the hours of production in departments which affect this committment. Hours of production is used rather than units of production due to the manufacturing process as it relates to the hazards wastes. These wastes are generated based on hours of use - not units produced.
Normalized Quantity per year:
22,749
20,813
21,382
18,727
20400
* Estimated

C.1.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
The reduction shown from the baseline year is the the continuing result of process improvements. These improvements have resulted in the use of fewer sponges in the manufacturing operation.

C.1.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).



COMMITMENT 2

Category:Materials Use
Aspect:Total Materials Use
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2002
2003
2004
2005
2005
Actual Quantity (per year):
1,019,055
957319
653540
336804
917,000
Measurement Units:
lbs
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
.88
.89
0.77
1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
The normalizing factor is based on the facility's units of production in the departments affecting this committment(total number of units produced).
Normalized Quantity per year:
1,019,055
1,087,862.5
734,314.61
437,407.79
917,000
* Estimated

C.2.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
A new molding process was implemented in 4Q03 which resulted in a reduction in material used. The new equipment is more efficient and produces significantly fewer units that must be discarded due to defects. This committment is a source reduction project.

C.2.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).



COMMITMENT 3

Category:Waste
Aspect:Total Solid Waste
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2001
2003
2004
2005
2005
Actual Quantity (per year):
5,510,536
4108095
3241815
2477106
3,500,000
Measurement Units:
lbs
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
.91
.93
0.88
1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
The normalizing factor is based on the facility's units of production (total number of units produced) in all departments.
Normalized Quantity per year:
5,510,536
4,514,390.11
3,485,822.58
2,814,893.18
3,500,000
* Estimated

C.3.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Improved process efficiencies have caused the decrease in waste. Through Lean Manufacturing techniques many processes in the facility have increased productivity while decreasing the amount of defective product that must be discarded. As clarification: Any waste generated from Committment 2 has not been included in this committment to avoid "double counting" an improvement.

C.3.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).



COMMITMENT 4

Category:Air Emissions
Aspect:Emissions of VOCs
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2001
2003
2004
2005
2005
Actual Quantity (per year):
34,799
33230
31217
22941
32,000
Measurement Units:
lbs
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
The normalizing factor is based on the hours of production in departments which affect this committment. Hours of production is used rather than units of production due to the manufacturing process as it relates to the air emissions. These emississions are generated based on hours of operation - not units produced.
Normalized Quantity per year:
34799
33,230
31,217
22,941
32,000
* Estimated

C.4.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
More efficient solvent bonding equipment has resulted in this reduction.

C.4.cPlease list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are also reporting these data (e.g. Energy Star, Project XL).


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.

Facility leadership members are closely involved with the local Chamber of Commerce. This allows a sharing of knowledge with the community and other industries in the area.

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.

Meetings


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