Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge 2007 APR View/Print

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

2007 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge
A060075
Year 3 Annual Performance Report
Member Since 2005 (1st Member Term)

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1

Name of your facility:

Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge

A.2

Name of your parent company:

Schering-Plough Corporation

A.3

Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:

Name:	Mr. Robert Snowden
Title:	Environment/Safety Engineer
Phone:	225-273-5160
Fax:	225-272-6139
Email:	robert.snowden@spcorp.com

A.4

Facility location:

Facility Address

Street Address:	2667 West Dual
Address Cont:
City:	Baton Rouge
State:	LA
Zip Code:	70814

If your facility has multiple street addresses, please list any other addresses for its sites or buildings.

10641 North Dual; Baton Rouge, LA 70814

A.5

Facility's website address (if any):

http://www.schering-plough.com/schering_plough/index.jsp

A.6

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

Fewer than 50

A.7

For the purposes of where your facility would be listed in our Member Directory, please list the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is (are) used to classify business at the facility:

Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Quaternary	Quinary
32532

A.8.a

List the activities, products, or services that take place at your facility:

The facility manufactures liquid pour-on pesticides and insecticides for animals. The facility also blends a powdered antibiotic for fish.

A.8.b

Provide the size and general description of your site:

The facility is situated in an industrial park at two locations, 10641 North Dual Street and 2667 West Dual Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The facilitties are situated within the same block but seperated by a business owned by others. Both locations encompasses approximately eight acres of land which includes warehouses, and office space.

A.9

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

Yes

If yes, please describe these changes here:

During the reporting period, the facility's air permit was rescinded under provisions of Louisiana state law for small source emissions. The facility was granted an exemption due to its total emission volume being less than the threshold reporting requirements.

SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B.1.a

Is your facility certified to ISO 14001?

B.1.b

Is your facility's EMS (not your corporate office's EMS) certified to the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care® program (i.e., has your facility successfully undergone a Responsible Care® third-party audit)?

B.2

Performance Track members must have their EMS assessed by an independent party at least once every three years. Please indicate the details of the most recent independent assessment conducted at your facility. If your most recent independent assessment did not cover all EMS elements and business areas, please use the "Add Assessment" button to indicate the additional partial assessments.

Independent EMS Assessment #1

When was this EMS assessment?

March 2008

What protocol was used?

PT Independent Assessment Protocol
Specify:

Who conducted the audit?

Name:	Warren Bird, CPEA,CSP
Title:	Senior Manager
Organization:	Schering-Plough

Which EMS elements were included in the audit?

Policy, Planning, Implementation, Checking, Management

Did the assessment cover the entire facility or part of the facility?

Entire Facility

Which business areas were included in the audit?

B.3

EPA recommends that Performance Track members conduct an internal EMS assessment every year. Did you conduct one in calendar year 2007?

Yes

Internal EMS Assessment #1

When was this EMS assessment?	March 2007
Which EMS elements were included in the audit?	Policy, Planning, Implementation, Checking, Management
Did the assessment cover the entire facility or part of the facility?	Entire Facility

B.4

EPA recommends that Performance Track members conduct a regulatory compliance audit every year. Did your facility conduct any audits in calendar year 2007 to verify compliance with regulatory statutes?

If not, when is the next audit scheduled?

April 2008

B.5

Please describe any other audits, inspections, or facility reviews conducted at your facility during the previous three years.

During the past three years, audits and inspections were conducted at the facility. In April of 2005 a corporate Environmental, Health, Safety and Tranaportation audit was conducted by corporate auditors for facility compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements. In each of the successive years, internal audits were conducted of the Environmental Management System (EMS) utilizing Performance Track protocol. Most recently, an Independent Assessment of the EMS was conducted for PT recertification compliance. An overall facility inspection is conducted quarterly, while departmental inspections are conducted monthly.

B.6.a

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

Yes

B.6.b

Performance Track members should have a Senior Management Review of their EMS every year. Did this review take place in calendar year 2007?

Yes

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr. Brian Schroeder

Title: Plant Manager

B.6.c

Performance Track members should conduct a systematic identification and/or review of their environmental aspects at least once every two years. When was your last one conducted?

March 2008

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

Goal 1: Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge's first goal is to reduce the facility's total (non-transportation) energy use.
C.1.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this goal or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Electrical energy consumption for the site has decreased for a third year. The decrease is due in part to a decrease in productivity. However, during the reporting period, the site continued to limit HVAC usage to the hours that the facility is occupied. The site also installed flexible roll-up doors in conjunction with the existing metal doors. The flexible doors are motorized and equipped with timers, only allowing the doors to remain open for a specified time. As a result of these efforts, energy consumption in the production building was reduced to 1,141,200 KWH compared to 1,563,800 KWH in the the baseline year of 2004, a reduction of 27%. Overall, the site has reduced its energy consumption in 2007 by 18% compared to the year 2006.
	Activities Conducted During 2006:
	Electrical energy consumption for the site has decreased for a second year. The reduction in 2006 was realized eventhough there was an increase in production activity at the site. During the reporting period the site continued to limit HVAC to the hours that the facility is occupied. As a result, energy consumption in the production building was reduced to 1,400,125 KWH compared to consumption of 1,563,800 KWH in the baseline year of 2004. Overall, the site has reduced its energy consumption in 2006 by over 6 % when compared to the baseline year of 2004.
	Activities Conducted During 2005:
	The site recognized an opportunity to reduce the facility's energy use by controlling HVAC dedicated to comfort cooling. Time clocks were installed to limit HVAC to the hours that the facility is occupied. The project was installed in June, 2005 with a goal to reduce energy consumption in Q3, Q4 2005, by 50,000 KWH when compared to the same period of 2004, the baseline year. Although the total electrical energy purchased in 2005 was 33,072 KWH more than the base line year of 2004, the results of the energy conservation project became apparent in the second half of 2005. At the production building the electrical consumption for the second half of the year was 932,000 KWH in 2005 versus 1,084,600 KWH for the same period in 2004. As a whole in the second half of 2005, the site consumed 1,381,016 KWH, a reduction of 206,688 KWH. This exceeded the goal of a 50,000 KWH reduction for the second half of 2005. The table in C.1.b shows the total electrical energy purchased for production operations.
C.1.b	Describe the data collection process and data source(s) that you used to measure progress towards this goal.
	Electrical energy usage for the entire site is collected on a monthly basis from the actual utility bill. The information is maintained in a spreadsheet format and tabulated monthly and at year's end. Timers installed at the HVAC system, operates automatically to turn-off the HVAC system during the non usage hours.
C.1.c	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Energy Generated Off-Site
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Calendar Year	2004	2005	2006	2007	Units
Electricity Purchased
Electricity from Grid/Utility	1,563,800	1,524,600	1,400,125	1,141,200	Kwh Specify:
Electricity from Off-Grid Renewable Sources		0	0		MMBtus Specify:
Total Electricity Purchased	5,335.69	5,201.94	4,777.23	3,893.77	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. SERC Mississippi Valley
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.					Specify:
Total Energy Generated Off-Site	5,335.69	5,201.94	4,777.23	3,893.77	MMBtus

Sources of Energy Generated On-Site
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Calendar Year	2004	2005	2006	2007	Units
Coal			0		MMBtus Specify:
Natural Gas	2,300	1,921	1,312	1,039	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					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	2,300.00	1,921.00	1,312.00	1,039.00	MMBtus

C.1.d 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	213.43	208.08	191.09	155.75	n/a	MMBtus
Total Non-Renewable Energy Use	7,422.26	6,914.86	5,898.14	4,777.02	n/a	MMBtus
Total Energy Use	7,635.69	7,122.94	6,089.23	4,932.77	n/a	MMBtus
Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	927.04	886.80	790.47	642.69	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	927.04	886.80	790.47	642.69	n/a	MTCO2E

Normalized Energy Use Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.33	1.34	1.16
Total Energy Use	7,635.69	5,355.59	4,544.20	4,252.39	6,714.45	MMBtus Specify other:
Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	927.04	666.77	589.90	554.04	787.99	MTCO2E Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	The goal is normalized and indexed to the level of business in the baseline year. In 2004, a total of 11865,000 units were shipped, representing 2,107,244 pounds of product.

Goal 2: Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge's second goal is to reduce the generation of, and improve the management of, the facility's non-hazardous waste.
C.2.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this goal or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	During the reporting period, the site increased damaged and obsolete (D&O) goods disposal by 13% compared to the baseline year. The increase is due to disposal of off-specification product. Eventhough, there is in an increase in D&O during the reporting year, the affected waste stream for waste incineration is 23 % less than the baseline year. The site recorded a substantial increase in recycling when it included empty metal drums in the total recycling count. In the previous year this amount was not included.
	Activities Conducted During 2006:
	The site experienced challenges in managing its recycling capabilities due to a change in its vendor. During the reporting period the regular vendor discountinued their recyling operations for cardboard material. In January 2007, the site procured the services of a cardboard recycler. To date the vendor has shipped nearly eight tons of cardboard material from the site which had acummulated over the reporting period. The site continues to reduce its disposal of damaged and obsolete (D&O) goods. D&O goods disposal was reduced 89 percent during the reporting period. The goal was once again accomplished due to overall consistent operational practices.
	Activities Conducted During 2005:
	This improvement was achieved inpart by the site reducing its disposal of damaged and obselete (D&O) goods by 25 %. The goal was accomplished due to overall source reduction in disposal and better operational practices. The facility was also successful in educating its employees in proper waste segregation practices, thereby increasing its recycling efforts to reduce overall landfill disposal of waste.
C.2.b	Describe the data collection process and data source(s) that you used to measure progress towards this goal.
	The D&O data is first generated at the site's Shipping Department where materials are first declared to be a waste. Records are then sent to the Finance Department where cost and weights of each material are correlated. The data is sent to the site's Environmental Engineer who maintains a record for waste disposal. All other reported waste includes all of the sites waste streams. The site measures these waste streams by reviewing Waste Summary reports provided by the disposal company, manifest and other in-house recordkeeping methods.
C.2.c	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
Waste Management Method	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Waste Management Method	2004	2005	2006	2007	Units
Landfill Specify other:	101,349	47,660	71,100	66,600	Pounds Specify other:
Incineration Specify other:	249,983	169,036	162,588	193,233	Pounds Specify other:
Reused/recycled off-site Specify other:	20,500	36,860	16,000	112,268	Pounds Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:

C.2.d

Summarized progress toward goal.

Actual Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Total Non Hazardous Waste	185.92	126.78	124.84	186.05	n/a	Tons Specify other:

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.33	1.34	1.16
Total Non Hazardous Waste	185.92	95.32	93.17	160.39	183.67	Tons Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	The goal is normalized and indexed to the level of business in the baseline year. In 2004, a total of 11865,000 units were shipped, representing 2,107,244 pounds of product.

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 Goals. 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 D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

D.1.a	Please describe your process to identify potential community environmental concerns.
	The facility follows a written Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) "Receiving, Documenting, and Responding to Releveant Communication from External Interested Parties and Establishing Public Outreach and Performance Reporting" to identify potential community environmental concerns. The procedure sets forth the facility's policy for public outreach and performance reporting as it relates to safety, health and environmental management.
D.1.b	If you identified community environmental concerns, how did you respond to them?
	A member of senior management made personal contact with the concerned party, documented and adressed the concern.
D.1.c	Please describe how you informed the community about environmental matters related to your facility.
	A copy of the Annual Performance Track Report is maintained at the front desk of the facility's administrative office at North Dual.
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.
	Building Lobby

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 Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge, 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. Brian Schroeder
Title:	Plant Manager
Facility Name:	Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation - Baton Rouge
Facility Street Address:	2667 West Dual Baton Rouge, LA 70814
Mailing Address:	2667 West Dual Street Baton Rouge, LA 70814
Performance Track ID#:	A060075

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

SECTION B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

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