Treaters Share Their Plans

( Continued from previous page ) non-CCA preservative and has submitted his findings to the tribal committee for review. Stensgar notes, "We are 100% fence products," adding that the ruling has serious implications for his facility. The plant will continue treating with CCA for the foreseeable future.

Jasper Wood Products (Jasper, Or.)

5 plants: Lancaster, Ma.; Cortland, Gouverneur, N.Y.; Stony Point,N.C.; Cresco, Pa.

Treatments: CCA, FRT, WR

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties

Glenwood, Ar.

3 planh: Glenwood, Amity, Ar.; Buckner, Mo.

Treatments: CCA, ACO, FRT, WR, C,oloant Produc{s: Lumber, Plywood, Timhrs, Specialties

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Sacramento, Ca.

2 plants: Fontana, Woodland, Ca.

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, FRT, WR, Colorant

Products: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Posts 19

1 plant: Madison Treatments: CCA, WR

4 plants: Eloy; Bakersfield, Ca.; Silver Springs, Nv.; Sheridan, Or.

Treatmenls: CCA, ACQ, Borates, Penta, Creosote, CuNap, FRT, WR, Colorant

Producls: Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts, Cross Ties.

Jasper has not made a final decision regarding conversion plans for its three-cylinder operation. Sales mgr. Mike Boone says that Jasper will certainly switch to an alternative preservative, but for now, they are researching their options.

McFarland Cascade (Tacoma, Wa.)

The firm added CBA nine months ago to produce Extra Green. Other cylinders will convert as the market demands.

Mesenbrink Timber Craft (Hayden Lake, Id.)

The company currently treats with both CCA and ACC. Chris Mesenbrink says that he mixes ACC at the facility and is pleased with its performance. He cautions members of the treating industry that copper may soon be attacked in much the same way that arsenate is now. Mesenbrink bought the facility last September from Fulton & Lighty.

Marks-Miller Post & Pole (Clancy, Mt.)

Gary Marks says that Marks-Miller is primarily a fence treater, and its plans are "up in the air" while the company waits to see if the EPA will reclassify fence products as an industrial product, thus allowing Marks Miller to continue treating with CCA past the January 2004 deadline. Marks notes that some of his customers have called him up expressing concern over the implications of the industry's decision.

Mendocino Wood Specialties (Ukiah, Ca.)

Mendocino has not yet made a decision regarding future plans for its treating operation.

Pacific Wood Preserving Cos. (Bakersfield, Ca.)

"Over 65Vo of our production is already with low environmental impact wood preservatives," notes Elaina Jackson, chief operating officer.

Pacific Wood Preserving of Bakersfield has been using both ACQ Preserve and Pac Bor borates for several years.

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Coos Bay, Or.

1 olant: Coos Bay

Treatments: CCA, ACQ, Borates, Colorant

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3 glants: Weed, Ca.; Eugene, Or.; Arlington, Wa.

Treatments: ACQ, MCA, Penta, Creosote

Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Specialties, Pilings, Posts, Cross 25 -

uenOocino Wood

Ukiah. Ca.

1 olanl Ukiah

Treatments: CCA, Colorant

Lumber, Plywood, Timbers, Posts

Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving, Eloy, Az., has been using borates for several years and will add ACQ later this year. Creosote operations will continue.

Nevada Wood Preserving, Selma, Nv., has been using CuNap-S for several years, and borates for over two years. It will add ACQ this year. Pentachlorophenol and CCA operations will continue.

Pacific Wood Preserving of Oregon, the Sheridan, Or., plant recently acquired from Taylor Lumber & Treating, is currently being converted from a pole facility to a "lumber" facility. Production of Pac Bor, CuNap-8 and ACQ Preserve should begin by June l.

Permapost Products Co. (Hillsboro, Or.)

Sales mgr. David Bond says that Permapost has been "way out ahead" for years in the use of different preserva-