3M ESPE 2005 APR View/Print

OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 08/30/06

2005 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

3M ESPE
A090016
Year 2 Annual Performance Report
Member Since 2001 (2nd Member Term)

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1

Name of your facility:

3M ESPE

A.2

Name of your parent company:

3M Company

A.3

Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:

Name:	Mr. Merrill Weidner
Title:	Sr. Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer
Phone:	949-798-8317
Fax:	949-798-8335
Email:	mjweidner@mmm.com

A.4

Facility location:

Street Address:	2111 McGaw Ave
Address Cont:
City:	Irvine
State:	CA
Zip Code:	92614
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://http://www.3m.com/espe/

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:

339114

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:

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?

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 Certification

Environmental Management System continuous improvement assessment
January 2005

ISO 14001 Certification

Environmental Management System continuous improvement assessment
July 2005

B.1.b

When 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
Internal (3M) Global Environmental Management Systems self-assessment (GEMSA)	October 2005

B.1.c

When 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.

1) Agency (Orange County Health Care Agency) inspection of hazardous waste management practices (2005)

2) The 3M ESPE facility conducts monthly environmental, health, and safety self-inspections of all facility areas.

B.1.e

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

Potential compliance issues and other identified deficiencies are corrected immediately or as soon as possible. Corrective actions included improvements to hazardous waste container management practices and EMS documentation and recordkeeping. The facility has recently modifed its EMS to conform to ISO 14001:2004.

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?

May 06

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr. Charles Dehler

Title: Manufacturing Director

B.2.a

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

Yes

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?

January 05

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

C.1 COMMITMENT 1

3M ESPE's first commitment is to reduce the facility's discharges of total suspended solids.

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

Installed sumps/solid-liquid separators in renovated process areas to capture additional solids prior to discharge to clarifiers and POTW.

Activities Conducted During 2004:
Installed new clarifier for the parking lot area. Modified preventive maintence procedures for cleaning sumps inside facility.

All values are estimated, based on measured concentrations and estimated volumetric discharges. Baseline and commitment values have been changed from previous reports; values in the previous report were expressed as mg/liter, and these values have now been converted to pounds. Finally, the commitment was restated from an absolute to a normalized commitment.

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

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Goal Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 5,454 5,679 6,547 n/a Pounds

Specify other:

C.1.c Normalized progress toward goal.

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

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.22 1.44

Normalized Quantity 5,454 4,654.92 4,546.53 4,254 Pounds

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor: Inflation-adjusted sales value of production

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

C.2 COMMITMENT 2

3M ESPE's second commitment is to reduce generation of the facility's hazardous waste.

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

Several new products/product lines and associated manufacturing processes were introduced in 2005, causing waste generation to increase on a unit basis. In general, these increases are "one time" in nature, in the form of scrap product that is produced to test and validate manufacturing processes, out-of-spec. product that is produced until the manufacturing process is "fine tuned," and disposition of obsoleted product.

Activities Conducted During 2004:
Empty cartridges used in the production process and which were managed as hazardous waste were analyzed and found to be non-hazardous. They are now being recycled.

We have increased our performance commitment (i.e., as a greater reduction of hazardous waste generated) over that reported previously. Quantities shown in the table represent hazardous waste (only), based on waste manifests.

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

Performance Data

Waste Management Method Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units

2003 2004 2005 2006

Incineration

Specify other:
49.04 52.25 91.5 Tons

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

Specify other:

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C.2.c Summarized progress toward goal.

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

Total Hazardous Waste 49.04 52.25 91.50 n/a Tons

Specify other:

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

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.22 1.44

Total Hazardous Waste 49.04 42.83 63.54 44.10 Tons

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Inflation-adjusted sales volume of production

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

C.3 COMMITMENT 3

3M ESPE's third commitment is to reduce the facility's total water use.

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

Water recycling project completed and operational. Primary variation in water usage is seasonal--up to 35 to 40 percent of total water usage is for irrigation. Cooling and sanitary water usages also increased slightly (about 10 percent) in 2005 due, in part, to increases in employment.

Activities Conducted During 2004:
Currently installing equipment to recycle water used to wash dental crowns. Project deemed to be completed and operational by November 2005.

The values in the table include cooling, irrigation, and sanitary water as well as production. Commitment restated as a normalized commitment.

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

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Goal Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 6,173,992 4,724,368 6,241,312 n/a Gallons

Specify other:

C.3.c Normalized progress toward goal.

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

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.22 1.44

Normalized Quantity 6,173,992 3,872,432.79 4,334,244.44 5,865,292 Gallons

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Inflation-adjusted sales value of production

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

C.4 COMMITMENT 4

3M ESPE's fourth commitment is to reduce the facility's packaging materials use.

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

Several dental restorative products, sold as single-use capsules, have been packaged for sale in foil pouches, one capsule per pouch. To eliminate the use of this packaging material, the capsules will, instead, be packaged for sale in glass vials having 10 or 20 capsules per vial. Effecting this change required installation of new equipment as well as various changes to marketing communications and product literature, etc. All but one of the existing, foil-pouched products was converted to glass vials in 2005; and, the remaining product is expected to be converted in 2006. All new restorative products will be packaged in glass vials only.

Activities Conducted During 2004:
Project was placed on hold in 2004. It is expected to proceed in the future.

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

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Goal Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 3,900 3,900 2,700 n/a Pounds

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 1 1

Normalized Quantity 3,900 3,900.00 2,700.00 1,300 Pounds

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Units of production (restorative product capsules)

C.4.d 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? No

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.

Participated in community advisory group.

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.

Community Advisory Panel

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 3M ESPE, 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. Ed Cardenas
Title:	Plant Manager
Phone Number:	(949) 863-1360
E-Mail Address:	ecardenas@mmm.com
Facility Name:	3M ESPE
Facility Street Address:	2111 McGaw Ave Irvine, CA 92614
Mailing Address:	,
Performance Track ID#:	A090016

B.3	Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?
	January 05

3M ESPE's first commitment is to reduce the facility's discharges of total suspended solids.
C.1.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Installed sumps/solid-liquid separators in renovated process areas to capture additional solids prior to discharge to clarifiers and POTW.
	Activities Conducted During 2004:	Installed new clarifier for the parking lot area. Modified preventive maintence procedures for cleaning sumps inside facility. All values are estimated, based on measured concentrations and estimated volumetric discharges. Baseline and commitment values have been changed from previous reports; values in the previous report were expressed as mg/liter, and these values have now been converted to pounds. Finally, the commitment was restated from an absolute to a normalized commitment.
C.1.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform.
Calendar Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	Goal	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	5,454	5,679	6,547		n/a	Pounds Specify other:

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.22	1.44
Normalized Quantity	5,454	4,654.92	4,546.53		4,254	Pounds Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	Inflation-adjusted sales value of production

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

3M ESPE's second commitment is to reduce generation of the facility's hazardous waste.
C.2.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Several new products/product lines and associated manufacturing processes were introduced in 2005, causing waste generation to increase on a unit basis. In general, these increases are "one time" in nature, in the form of scrap product that is produced to test and validate manufacturing processes, out-of-spec. product that is produced until the manufacturing process is "fine tuned," and disposition of obsoleted product.
	Activities Conducted During 2004:	Empty cartridges used in the production process and which were managed as hazardous waste were analyzed and found to be non-hazardous. They are now being recycled. We have increased our performance commitment (i.e., as a greater reduction of hazardous waste generated) over that reported previously. Quantities shown in the table represent hazardous waste (only), based on waste manifests.
C.2.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
Waste Management Method	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Units
Waste Management Method	2003	2004	2005	2006	Units
Incineration Specify other:	49.04	52.25	91.5		Tons Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:
Specify other:					Specify other:

Actual Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Total Hazardous Waste	49.04	52.25	91.50		n/a	Tons Specify other:

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

3M ESPE's third commitment is to reduce the facility's total water use.
C.3.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Water recycling project completed and operational. Primary variation in water usage is seasonal--up to 35 to 40 percent of total water usage is for irrigation. Cooling and sanitary water usages also increased slightly (about 10 percent) in 2005 due, in part, to increases in employment.
	Activities Conducted During 2004:	Currently installing equipment to recycle water used to wash dental crowns. Project deemed to be completed and operational by November 2005. The values in the table include cooling, irrigation, and sanitary water as well as production. Commitment restated as a normalized commitment.
C.3.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

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

3M ESPE's fourth commitment is to reduce the facility's packaging materials use.
C.4.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Several dental restorative products, sold as single-use capsules, have been packaged for sale in foil pouches, one capsule per pouch. To eliminate the use of this packaging material, the capsules will, instead, be packaged for sale in glass vials having 10 or 20 capsules per vial. Effecting this change required installation of new equipment as well as various changes to marketing communications and product literature, etc. All but one of the existing, foil-pouched products was converted to glass vials in 2005; and, the remaining product is expected to be converted in 2006. All new restorative products will be packaged in glass vials only.
	Activities Conducted During 2004:	Project was placed on hold in 2004. It is expected to proceed in the future.
C.4.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

C.4.d	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.
	Participated in community advisory group.
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.
	Community Advisory Panel
	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