3M ESPE 2004 APR View/Print

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

2004 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

3M ESPE
A090016
Year 1 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?
	2004
	If an assessment was conducted during 2004, 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  2004

Orange County Fire Authority Inspection

Chemical Hazard Communication
  March  2004

ISO 14001 Certification

Environmental Management System Continuous Improvement Assessment
  July  2004

South Coast Air Quality Management District Inspection

Air quality and equipment permits
  October  2004

B.1.b When was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?

2003

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

2004

If an audit was conducted during 2004, 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

Refrigerant Management Systems
December 2004 Megan Trempe

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.

3M ESPE conducts monthly cross departmental audits in which associates of one department review the environmental, safety and health practices of another department. Issues identified are reviewed on a monthly basis until closed.

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

There were no corrective actions identified. Improvements have been made in the following areas: Updated the 2004 3M ESPE Hazardous Chemical Inventory and Business Plan.

B.1.f Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?

No such instances identified

If no, please explain your plans to correct these instances.

B.1.g When was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?

February  05

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr.  Charles Delher

  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?

No

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 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 Performance

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Commitment Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 5,454 5,679 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

Normalized Quantity 5,454 4,654.92 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.

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 Tons

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 n/a Tons

Specify other:

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

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.22

Total Hazardous Waste 49.04 42.83 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.

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 Performance

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Commitment Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 6,173,992 4,724,368 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

Normalized Quantity 6,173,992 3,872,432.79 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.

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 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

Normalized Quantity 3,900 3,900.00 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.

Presented 2003 Commitment results during Outreach event on September 30th, 2004.

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.

Meetings

Attachments (if applicable):

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SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

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. Casey Campbell
Title:	Manufacturing Manager
Phone Number:	949-863-1360 ext 242
E-Mail Address:	ccampbell@mmm.com
Facility Name:	3M ESPE
Facility Street Address:	2111 McGaw Ave Irvine, CA 92614
Mailing Address:	,
Performance Track ID#:	A090016

Type	Scope	Dates
ISO 14001 Certification	Environmental Management System Continuous Improvement Assessment	January 2004
Orange County Fire Authority Inspection	Chemical Hazard Communication	March 2004
ISO 14001 Certification	Environmental Management System Continuous Improvement Assessment	July 2004
South Coast Air Quality Management District Inspection	Air quality and equipment permits	October 2004

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

B.1.c	When was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?
	2004
	If an audit was conducted during 2004, 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
Refrigerant Management Systems	December 2004	Megan Trempe

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.
	3M ESPE conducts monthly cross departmental audits in which associates of one department review the environmental, safety and health practices of another department. Issues identified are reviewed on a monthly basis until closed.
B.1.e	Briefly summarize corrective actions taken and other improvements made as a result of your EMS assessments and compliance audits.
	There were no corrective actions identified. Improvements have been made in the following areas: Updated the 2004 3M ESPE Hazardous Chemical Inventory and Business Plan.
B.1.f	Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?
	No such instances identified
	If no, please explain your plans to correct these instances.

B.1.g	When was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?
	February 05
	Who was the senior manager present at the review?
	Name: Mr. Charles Delher
	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?
	No

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 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	Performance
Calendar Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	Commitment	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	5,454	5,679			n/a	Pounds Specify other:

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.22
Normalized Quantity	5,454	4,654.92			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.
	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			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			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.
	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.
	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.
	Presented 2003 Commitment results during Outreach event on September 30th, 2004.
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.
	Meetings
	Attachments (if applicable):