OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 01/31/2010
2002 Performance Track Annual Performance Report















Andersen Corporation
A050030
 Year 2 Annual Performance Report

























SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1Name of your facility:
Andersen Corporation

A.2Name of your parent company:
Andersen Corporation

A.3Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:
  Name:Mr. Jeff R. Nelson
  Title:Supervisor - Chemical Health and Safety
  Phone:(651) 264-7456
  Fax:(651) 264-5089
  Email:jeff.nelson2@andersencorp.com

A.4
Facility location:
  Street Address:100 Fourth Avenue North
  Address Cont:
  City:Bayport
  State:MN
  Zip Code:55003-1096


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

A.5
Facility's website address (if any):

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

A.7
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is(are) used to classify business at the facility:
321911        

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?


If an assessment was conducted during 2002, 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?
2002




B.1.cWhen was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?
2002

Scope
Dates
Who conducted the audit


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.

In addition, similar audits were conducted of smaller departments (i.e. Maintenance) throughout this facility.

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

Developed a focused inspection program to evaluate labeling of universal nonhazardous wastes to increase awareness.

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  2002
Who was the senior manager present at the review?
Name: Mr. Kirk Hogberg
Title: Manager - Chemical Process & Environmental Engineering

B.2.aISO 14001 Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001?
No

B.2.bIs your facility a Responsible Care-certified facility?


B.3Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?
December  2001

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? Yes



Environmental Aspect
Progress Made This Year (e.g., quantitative or qualitative improvements, activities conducted)
TRI EmissionsEliminated TRI chemical trimethyl benzene in wood preservative solution.
Workplace Safety HazardDeveloped plan to replace a high evaporating solvent with a slower (higher flash point) evaporating solvent in wood preservative solution. Conducted extensive evalution & testing. Change will result in lower LELs (lower explosive limits) in wood treating chambers & reduced solvent vapors in adjacent work areas.


SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE COMMITMENTS

COMMITMENT 1

Category:Air Emissions
Aspect:Emissions of VOCs
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
Actual Quantity (per year):
1,775
1,712
1,692

1,685
Measurement Units:
tons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.025
1.084

1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Units shipped
Normalized Quantity per year:
1,775
1670.24
1560.89

1685
* Estimated

C.1.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Reduced normalized amount of VOC emissions from prior year by about 109 tons. VOC reductions resulted from decreased use & increased efficiency of wood treating processes.

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



COMMITMENT 2

Category:Preservation/Restoration
Aspect:Habitat Impacts
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
Actual Quantity (per year):
2.5
3.5
3.5

5
Measurement Units:
acres
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.0
1.0

1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Facility acreage
Normalized Quantity per year:
2.5
3.5
3.5

5
* Estimated

C.2.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
At this time, we do not expect that we will be able to restore the remaining 1.5 acres of this site to dry mesic prairie habitat, due to resident concerns & inability to obtain variance to city's burn ordinance.

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:Materials Use
Aspect:Total Materials Use
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
Actual Quantity (per year):
92,822
85,861
84,935

91,894
Measurement Units:
tons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.025
1.084

1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Units shipped
Normalized Quantity per year:
92,822
83766.83
78353.32

91894
* Estimated

C.3.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
Reduced normalized amount of waste by-product generated from prior year by about 5,413 tons. Primary contributor to this reduction was smaller amount of wood by-product generated from operations due to increased use of composites & more efficient use of wood fiber in production processes.

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:Materials Use
Aspect:Recycled/Reused Materials Use
Baseline
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Performance
Commitment
Calendar Year:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
Actual Quantity (per year):
0
82,700
85,097

2,640
Measurement Units:
tons
   Other:
Normalizing Factor:
1.0
1.025
1.084

1.0 *
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Units shipped
Normalized Quantity per year:
0
80682.93
78502.77

2640
* Estimated

C.4.bBriefly describe how you achieved improvements for this aspect or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress.
In 2002, normalized amount of procured certified lumber slightly decreased from prior year by about 2,180 tons. However, we continue to significantly exceed our initial program goal of a 2.0% increase in procured certified lumber. Wood suppliers continue to support certifications programs that encourage best management practices of harvesting wood as a renewable resource. NOTE: We uncovered two decimal errors in submitting past data. These errors were noted to EPA on 6-30-03 and the corrections made by EPA that day. These changes were: 1) Actual Quantity of certified lumber reported in Year 1 (2nd column) was changed from 8,270 tons to 82,700 tons and 2) Actual Quantity reported in Performance Commitment (last column) was changed from 264 tons to 2,640 tons. Also, after further discussion with EPA, the Basis for Normalizing Factor was changed from Amount of Lumber Procured to Units Shipped and the Normalizing Factors entered for both Year 1 & Year 2.

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.

Continue to conduct periodic Community Advisory Committee meetings & provide mailings of environmental updates to the local community via a publication entitled ANDERSEN COMMUNITY UPDATE.

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
Press Releases
Community Advisory Panel


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