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Madison
Blandin
Through the renewing of the bio and forest
industries, UPM is building a sustainable future
across six business areas: UPM Biorefining,
UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Paper Asia,
UPM Paper Europe and North America and
UPM Plywood. Our products are made of
renewable raw materials and are recyclable.
We serve our customers worldwide. The group
employs around 20,000 people and its annual
sales are approximately EUR 10 billion. UPM
shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
UPM – The Biofore Company – www.upm.com
UPM Blandin
UPM Blandin is a member of UPM – The Biofore Company. This environmental statement is prepared for all operations associated with the Blandin facility for the calendar year 2014. This statement also includes the operation of the Minnesota Powerowned cogeneration facility, Rapids Energy Center (REC).
Blandin is located near the headwaters of the Mississippi River, in Grand Rapids,
Minnesota. A major American waterway, the Mississippi flows through the central
region of the United States, then enters the Gulf of Mexico. For over 100 years, the
paper mill has been operating on the banks of the river in the heart of the Grand Rapids business district.
Blandin manufactures lightweight coated groundwood paper for printers and publishers of magazines, catalogs, and other commercial printing. The facilities include
a woodroom, a pressurized groundwood mill, offices for the forestry and woodyard
operations, the Rapids Energy Center, and two paper-production lines. Each production line includes a stock preparation area, a paper machine, a coater, supercalenders, winders, and a shared wrapping and shipping area.
YEAR OF
PROGRESS
UPM Corporate
ENVIRONMENTAL
statement 2014
UPM pulp and paper mills
UPM Blandin Environmental Performance in
2014 is a supplement to the Corporate
Environmental Statement of UPM’s pulp and
paper mills (available at www.upm.com)
and provides mill-specific environmental
performance data and trends for the year
2014. The next Corporate Environmental
Statement and also this supplement will be
published in 2016.
The current papermaking operations consist of two paper machines: No. 5 paper
line began production in 1975 and No. 6 paper line in 1989. In 2009 there was a
major investment in the ground wood mill with the rebuild of four grinders.
The Blandin facility uses fresh roundwood (bark is burned at the REC) to manufacture pressurized groundwood pulp, a major component in publication paper. Chemical pulping is not performed on-site. Blandin publication paper is, however, supplemented with purchased chemical pulp. Chemical pulp is provided by UPM or by
external suppliers that are required to comply with UPM’s environmental policy.
Production capacity
Approximately 370,000 metric tons graphic papers
Personnel
394
Products
Lightweight coated (LWC) paper for magazines and catalogs
UPM Cote
UPM Ultra
Certificates
ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System Standard
ISO 9001 – Quality Management System Standard
OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health and Safety System Standard
PEFC™ Chain of Custody - Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
FSC® Chain of Custody - Forest Stewardship Council®
All certificates can be found from UPM’s Certificate Finder (available at
www.upm.com/responsibility)
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PEFC/02-31-80
For PEFC™ products, visit www.pefc.org
For FSC® products, visit www.fsc.org
Environmental year 2014
At Blandin we believe we can generate
revenue while maintaining sound environmental stewardship practices. Environmental management is everyone’s
responsibility and we work together to
ensure quality training and continuous
efforts to minimize environmental risks.
While safe storage and handling of
hazardous chemicals is paramount, our
environmental and safety departments
- working together - have reduced the
use of hazardous chemicals by replacing them with safer products.
UPM Blandin has participated in the
internal UPM Clean Run program since
2011. The goal of Clean Run is to significantly improve the current level of
our environmental performance and
awareness, including improved risk prevention. UPM Blandin’s Clean Run performance continued to meet expectations in 2014 with no spills leaving the
mill site or causing permit violations
(category 3, 4, or 5 environmental incidents). Keys to continuing this performance relate to proper chemical storage, following the proper chemical
unloading procedure and checklists,
and maintaining equipment and storage tanks and totes. Our employees
are to be congratulated on this performance. Clean Run is a proactive way
to manage environmental operations at
our mill.
Idea for the Winder Safety Audit Tool.
UPM recognizes exceptional implemented safety ideas with the Best Implemented Safety Idea Award. The Blandin
team has travelled to several UPM mills
to train employees to use the audit tool.
Although the 2014 UPM Blandin target
to reduce Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
being sent to the city waste treatment
plant was not met, there was continued
improvement over 2013 and our best
performance in over five years. In addition, improvements were maintained in
water and power usage. We look forward to further improving our environmental performance in 2015.
We understand the ecological and
economic importance of maintaining working forests, therefore, we are
focused on achieving top performance
and a high level of third party verified
certifications in forest and mill operations. This assures customers that UPM’s
paper products stand for long- term sustainability, including responsible use of
resources. In 2014, chain of custody
for our products stood at 44.7 percent
PEFC and 17.1 percent FSC. In addition, fully 95 percent of the company’s
fiber was produced by loggers in the
Minnesota Master Logger Certification
(MMLC) program that our customers
recognize as a credible system for sustainable forest management.
Successful external audits of the Blandin ISO 14001 system and SFI certification system were conducted in 2014,
with all programs maintaining certification status.
Our employees are highly committed to making our operations safe and
actively participate in training, audits,
job assessments, and serve on teams
focused on safety improvement. Safety
has been the highest priority at Blandin for many years because we want
our employees to return home each day
healthy and injury free.
In 2014 we received two safety
awards: The UPM Safety Frontrunner
Award and Best Implemented Safety
Nathan Waech, Environmental Manager
Joe Maher, General Manager
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Air
Water
Most airborne emissions from Blandin
are generated from the production of
pressurized groundwood (PGW) pulp.
This process results in the release of naturally occurring volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from mechanically
pulped wood, which are controlled with
a Regenerative Thermo Oxidizer.
The biological wastewater treatment
plant that processes and discharges
final effluent for Blandin is owned and
operated by the Grand Rapids Public
Utility Commission (PUC).
The current discharge level corresponds
to the level that the biological waste
water treatment plant is able to reach
with reasonable effort. In order to
further decrease the level of discharge,
Blandin’s objective is to reduce the total
suspended solids (TSS) and, specifically
ash content entering the waste water
treatment plant.
Additional airborne emissions include
particulate matter (dust), nitrogen
oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2),
and carbon dioxide (CO2). These are
all associated with the operations of the
Minnesota Power Rapids Energy Center
(REC) located on the Blandin site.
The PUC effluent has remained within
permitted limits. The Grand Rapids
PUC treatment plant can be contacted
for additional details on its operational
and environmental program.
Students participate in tree planting along a
vacated power line to restore large blocks of
Blandin forest land.
FOSSIL CARBON DIOXIDE, CO2
SULPHUR DIOXIDE, SO2
1,000 t/a
t/a
150
250
1.625
120
200
1.220
90
150
.9615
60
100
.6410
30
50
.32 5
0
0
05 06 07 08 09
10
11
12
13
14
NITROGEN OXIDES, NOX
05 06 07 08 09
10
11
12
13
14
0 0
TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE
AIR EMMISSIONS
t/a
480
120
4040
5050
360
90
3030
240
60
2020
120
30
1010
10
11
12
13
14
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0
05 06 07 08 09 10
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mill.
mg/l
m3
mt TSP/a
150
05 06 07 08 09
tonnes/day
mg/l
PROCESS
PHOSPHORUS,
WASTEWATER
P
600
0
4
BIOLOGICAL
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND,
BOD
COD
5
11
12
13
14
0 0
0503060407050806090710081109121013111412
Waste
The waste management strategy is to
reduce the volume of landfilled non-hazardous solid waste as well as hazardous waste. Combustible waste such as
oil sorbents and wood wastes are collected and periodically processed for
burning in the boilers at the Rapids
Energy Center. Hazardous waste is collected and temporarily stored until a
permitted contractor transports it to a
licensed and authorized treatment facility. The Minnesota Power energy production plant generates ash as a solid
waste. The current landfill is designed
to handle future solid waste.
The wastewater solids graphs summarize the total amount of waste sent
from the public utility commission’s
municipal wastewater treatment plant
to its landfill. Wastewater solids are
used for daily cover, temporary closure and permanent capping and as
fill going directly into the landfill. The
waste includes material from Blandin
and domestic service as well as material generated by the biological activity
at the city of Grand Rapids wastewater
treatment plant itself.
For over 100 years, UPM Blandin has operated along the banks of the Mississippi River in
the heart of Grand Rapids, MN.
FINAL TREATED EFFLUENT - PHOSPHORUS
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS, TSS
kg P/day
tonnes/day
160
2.25
128
1.80
96
1.35
64
.90
32
.45
0
05 06 07 08 09
10
11
12
13
14
0
The increase in 2012 solid waste to the
landfill was from the mill site demolition
project.
05 06 07 08 09
10
11
12
13
14
permit limit, monthly average
SOLID WASTE TO LANDFILL
t/a
5,000
FINAL TREATED EFFLUENT, NITROGEN
kg N/day
4,000
3,000
500
2,000
400
1,000
300
0
05 06 07 08 09 10
11
12
13
14
200
100
0
Ash
Bark & Wood Waste
05 06 07 08 09
10
11
12
13
Domestic Waste
Others
14
The weights included in the figure are dry weights.
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Environmental parameters 2014
The figures related to production as well as raw material and
energy consumption are published as aggregated figures on
group level in the UPM Corporate Environmental Statement.
Production capacity
Paper
370,000 t
Raw materials and
additives
Pulp
Roundwood
Fillers
Process Chemicals
Other
See UPM Corporate Environmental
Statement for more information
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Biomass
Purchased Power
See UPM Corporate Environmental
Statement for more information
Emissions to air
(Includes emissions from
Minnesota Power’s
Rapids Energy Center)
Carbon Dioxide, CO2 Fossil
Nitrogen Oxide, NOx
Sulfur Dioxide, SO2
135,000 t
373 t
129 t
Water intake
Process and cooling water
24,540,000 m
Discharges to water
(Includes emissions from
the GRPUC WWTP)
Effluent Volume
BOD5
Solids
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
6,838,000 m3
22 t
21 t
4t
31 t
Waste
Ash
(From Minnesota Power’s Rapid
Energy Center)
GRPUC WWTP Sludge
Mixed Office Paper (Recycled)
Metals (Recycled)
Hazardous (Includes recycled oil)
518 t
No. 6 line
3
17,154 t
41 t
275 t
32 t
No. 6 paper line control panel
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Performance against targets in 2014
TARGET
2014 RESULTS
ACTION ITEMS UNDERTAKEN
Achieve a target of 30.0 metric tonnes per
day of solids to the waste water treatment
plant.
Actual waste water solids were 39.3 metric
tonnes per day of solids.
Multiple projects by the water and energy team.
TARGETS AND MEASURES
DEADLINE
DEPARTMENT(S) RESPONSIBLE
Achieve a target of 30.0 metric tonnes per
day of solids to the waste water treatment
plant.
12.2015
Mill project team
Achieve a target of 14.5 metric tonnes per
day of ash solids to the waste water treatment
plant.
12.2015
Mill project team
Current targets
Environmental verifier’s declaration on verification and validation activities
Environmental verifier Dr. Detlef Nehm (DE-V-0223), acting for TÜV
NORD CERT Umweltgutachter GmbH, licensed for the scope NACE
Code 17.12 (papermaking), declares to have verified whether the site
Nordland Papier GmbH, in D-26892, Dörpen, Nordlandallee 1, as
indicated in the Environmental Statement 2011 of the mentioned site
(registration no. FI-000058), meets all requirements of Regulation
(EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations
in a Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).
Papier GmbH, within the scope mentioned in the Environmental
Statement 2011.
This document is not equivalent to EMAS registration. EMAS
registration can only be granted by a Competent Body under
Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009. This document shall not be used as a
stand-alone piece of public communication.
Dörpen, 5 March 2012
By signing this declaration, I declare that:
– the verification and validation has been carried out in full
REG.NO. FI - 000058
compliance with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No
1221/2009,
– the outcome of the verification and validation confirms that there is
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TÜV NORD CERT Umweltgutachter GmbH
reliable, credible and correct image of all the activities of Nordland
the wood room.
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Blandin
P.O. Box xx
115 1st Street SW
FI-0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Grand Rapids, MN USA
Tel. +000 0000 0000
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218-327-6398
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