Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations A Year 2 Annual Performance Report Member Since 2001 (2nd Member Term)

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1 OMB No Expiration Date 08/30/ Track Annual Report Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations A Year 2 Annual Report Member Since 2001 (2nd Member Term)

2 SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION A.1 Name of your facility: Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations A.2 Name of your parent company: Rockwell Collins, Inc. A.3 Facility contact person for the Track program: Name: Title: Mr. Tim Becker Environmental Coordinator, Decorah facility Phone: (563) Fax: tjbecker@rockwellcollins.com A.4 Facility location: Street Address: 2464 River Road Address Cont: City: State: Decorah IA Zip Code: Mailing address (if different from above): Mailing Address: Address Cont: City:

3 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): A.6 Number of employees (full-time equivalents) who currently work in the facility: A.7 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is(are) used to classify busine the facility: 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 an activities? No If yes, please list them here: A.9 Have the environmental requirements applicable to your facility changed during this reporting period No 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?

4 2004 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 All elements of the standard and all areas of the facility. ISO Systems Verification and Validation Dat May B.1.c When was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility? 2005 If an audit was conducted during 2005, please provide the scope and the month(s) of each audit, an indicate who conducted the audit(s) (e.g., facility staff, corporate groups, third party). (Don't includ audits, inspections, or site visits by regulatory or external organizations). Scope Dates Who conducted the audit Compliance Audit Scope: Applicable federal, state and local regulations and Rockwell Collins environmental policies and procedures. August 2005 Tim Becker, Jennie Hageman, Laurie Smith - Reviewed by Ti Drahos B.1.d (Optional) If you would like to describe any other audits or inspections that were conducted at you facility, please do so here. 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 audit findings from either audits. 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? April 05 Who was the senior manager present at the review? Name: Mr. Dave Latting Title: Plant Manager B.2.a ISO Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001? Yes

5 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? March 06 SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS C.1 COMMITMENT 1 Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations's first commitment is to reduce the generation of, and impro the management of, the facility's non-hazardous waste. C.1.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year. On-going training regarding the recycling program for our breakroom wastes. Employee involvement to help find area businesses or people that could reuse our excess packaging supplies. As outlined in the 2004 activities, we calculated total amount of pounds that were going to be eliminated from the landfill and took that amount and divided it by three because this is a three year goal. At this point in time, our recycling program has matured so much, that even a 125 lbs./year reduction is significant. Activities Conducted During 2004: Reduce the amount of breakroom waste by installing a milk machine that provided milk in recyclable plastic bottles vs. carton that was not recyclable. Installed recycling receptac breakrooms to promote more recycling of plastic, tin and cardboard. Installed garbage disposals to eliminate food wa going to the landfill. C.1.b Please report your facility's actual performance. Data Waste Management Method Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year Uni Landfill 9,670 9,048 10,175 Pounds Incineration 79 0 Pounds Reused/recycled off-site 19,997 18,878 21,870 Pounds C.1.c Summarized progress toward goal.

6 Actual Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Commitment Units Total Non Hazardous Waste n/a Tons Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Normalizing Factor Total Non Hazardous Waste Basis for your Normalizing Factor: Commitment Tons Units Top Level Units Produced Top level units produced is the number of completed assembli manufactured by this facility. This number does not include population, cleaning, or fixing boards for other facilities. C.1.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data. C.2 COMMITMENT 2 Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations's second commitment is to reduce the facility's generation o 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. Activities outlined below from 2004 are ongoing. In response to the change in waste treament method referenced below, the changing BTU value associated to Rockwell Collins waste has prompted the service provider to utilize incineration as a primary treatment method. Activities Conducted During 2004: The facility began purchasing anti static hand lotion in bulk gallon dispensers. The bulk dispensers will be u by employees to refill the numerous individual small containers used throughout the facility eliminating the disposal of those small containers as haz waste. The facility implemented the use of washable shop towels instead of using disposable paper towels for our clea needs. In addition, the facility implemented the use o re-usable ladle when dispensing the toluene based conformal coat that is hand applied to circuit boards. replaced the previous practice used throughout the fa where multiple disposible dixie cups were used by ea operator to pour the material resulting in hazardous w generation. Note: During CY2004 the company that provides waste diposal services for Rockwell Collins directed material for incineration as a primary treatme method as opposed to fuels blending that utilized for same material in Rockwell Collins is inquiring a the change in treatment methods.

7 C.2.b Please report your facility's actual performance. Data Waste Management Method Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year Reused/recycled off-site 4, Pounds Incineration 1,652 5,471 7,059 Pounds Landfill Pounds Other management Specify other: Neutralization 9 0 Uni C.2.c Summarized progress toward goal. Actual Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Hazardous Waste Commitment n/a Tons Units Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Normalizing Factor Total Hazardous Waste Basis for your Normalizing Factor: Commitment Tons Units Top Level Units Produced Top level units produced is the number of completed assembli manufactured by this facility. This number does not include population, cleaning, or fixing boards for other facilities. C.2.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data. C.3 COMMITMENT 3 Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations'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. Installed an additional nine water efficient toilets that use 1.6 gallons of water vs. 3.5 gallons of water per f Activities Conducted During 2004: Installed a quantity of five water efficient toilets that u 1.6 gallons of water vs. 3.5 gallons of water per flush

8 C.3.b Please report your facility's actual performance. Data Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Calendar Year Commitment Units Actual Quantity (per year) 1,473,432 1,183,216 1,181,409 n/a Gallons C.3.c Normalized progress toward goal. Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Normalizing Factor Commitment Normalized Quantity 1,473, , , ,326,089 Gallons Basis for your Normalizing Factor: Units Top Level Units Produced Top level units produced is the number of completed assembli manufactured by this facility. This number does not include population, cleaning, or fixing boards for other facilities. C.3.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data. None C.4 COMMITMENT 4 Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations's fourth commitment is to increase the facility's procuremen recycled content, specifically recycled content of 8.5x11" paper. C.4.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year. Started procuring all 30% post consumer recycled 8.5 X 11" white office paper and also started procuring recycled 11" x 17" paper. Note: This is a replacement commitment, and the facility will first report on this commitment for The original description of how the facility intended to accomplish the commitment is follows: Beginning 3rd quarter CY2005 Rockwell Collins- Decorah Operations will begin to procure recycle content paper (30 % post consumer content) for all the 8 1/2" x 11" white office paper required by the facil Activities Conducted During 2004: C.4.b Please report your facility's actual performance. Data Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

9 Calendar Year Commitment Units Actual Quantity (per year) 0 0 2,640 Pounds C.4.c Normalized progress toward goal. Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Normalizing Factor Commitment Normalized Quantity , ,683 Pounds Basis for your Normalizing Factor: Total weight of office paper procured Units C.4.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data. None 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 ot than those reported as Environmental Commitments. You may limit the summary to environmenta 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) : Chart%20-%20Landfill%20Reduction%20'04-'06%20Decorah% xls Chart%20-%20Hazardous%20Waste%20Reduction%20'04-'06%20Decorah% xls Chart%20-%20Water%20Usage%20Reduction%20'04-'06%20Decorah% xls 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. The South Winneshiek Community Schools received a grant from the Rockwell Collins Green Communities program which enabled them to do a landscaping and tree planting project around their new addition to their school. Numerous Rockwell Colllins Decorah Operations Employees and their families helped the school maintenance crew with this project. The Rockwell Collins Decorah facility is also in it's third year of the Adop Highway Program. This program involves a minimum of a 2 year commitment. Twice a year, in the spring an employee volunteers pick up trash in the ditches that encompasses a 2 mile stretch around and near our fac We share information about our environmental programs and performance with the public by publishing an annual Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety Report. A copy of the report is typically forwarded to the lo public library and the city mayor's office. In addition, it is available through our public web site (

10 D.2 Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Tr Annual Report available to the public. Please check all that apply. Web Site, Press Releases URL: Attachments (if applicable): OMB No 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 usi the link on the Overview page.section E should be signed by the senior manager of your facility and faxed it to th Track Information Center at (617) On behalf of Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations, I certify that: I have read and agree to the terms and conditions as specified in the National Enviromental 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 Re The information contained in this report is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, accurate, and complete; My facility has an environmental management system (EMS), as defined in the 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, triba 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 necessa 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 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 authorize execute this statement on behalf of the corporation or other legal entity whose facility is part of the National Environmental Track program. Signature/Date: Name: Mr. Gordon Davis Title: Plant Manager Phone Number: Address: gfdavis@rockwellcollins.com Facility Name: Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Decorah Operations

11 Facility Street Address: Mailing Address: Track ID#: 2464 River Road Decorah, IA 52101, A070008