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TIMBER PRODUCTS June 2024 HT Newsletter Volume: 06/01/2024
Online Newsletter
Matt McGowan - WPM Program Manager
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
Office: 770.785.4769
Mobile: 678.480.2451
Mobile: 678.480.2451
For more information on the IPPC program
Please contact:
Matt McGowan
Director of Wood Packaging
Peachtree City GA
Office 770.785.4769
Mobile 678.480.2451
The unauthorized and/or fraudulent use of the TP IPPC mark is illegal and a situation we take seriously. Anyone with information regarding the misuse of IPPC marks should contact TP's WPM Manager immediately. Thank you for helping to protect the integrity of the ISPM 15 program which is vital to our business and economy.
Quotes from the 1960's
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." John F. Kennedy
"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Martin Luther King
"It's deja-vu all over again" Yogi Berra
"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor." John F. Kennedy
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." John F. Kennedy
"We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what is prohibited. We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together." Robert F Kennedy
Memories from the 1960s
- Lava Lamps
- Beatlemania
- Mankind walking on the moon
- MLK "I Have a Dream" speech
- Sea Monkeys
- Tie-dye shirts
- Flower power
- The Vietnam war
- The assassination of JFK
- Tang
- Go Go boots
- The cold war
- Bean bag chairs
IPPC Marking of Processed Wood Material
When looking at the current regulations for ISPM 15 on page 15-6, Section 2.1 Exemptions states:
The following articles are of sufficiently low risk to be exempted from the provisions of this standard:
- wood packaging material made entirely from thin wood (6 mm or less in thickness)
- wood packaging made wholly of processed wood material, such as plywood, particle board, oriented strand board or veneer that has been created using glue, heat or pressure, or a combination thereof
- barrels for wine and spirit that have been heated during manufacture gift boxes for wine, cigars and other commodities made from wood that has been processed and/or manufactured in a way that renders it free of pests
- sawdust, wood shavings and wood wool
- wood components permanently attached to freight vehicles and containers.
In Annex 2, page 15-17 of ISPM 15, it states the following when marking wood packaging material:
Where various components are integrated into a unit of wood packaging material, the resultant composite unit should be considered as a single unit for marking purposes. On a composite unit of wood packaging material made of both treated wood and processed wood material (where the processed component does not require treatment) , it may be appropriate for the mark to appear on the processed wood material components to ensure that the mark is in a visible location and is of a sufficient size.
In short, the application of the mark on processed wood material is acceptable on multi-component wood packaging where such application is done to ensure the mark is seen. Facilities should also place a mark on the actual wood WPM product to verify conformance but if the processed wood material is what will be seen by Customs in a container, then also applying the mark on the this material is appropriate and allowed by ISPM 15.
Please contact the Director of Wood Packaging with any questions related to processed wood material or any of the other items listed in ISPM 15's "Exemptions" section.
Recording Volumes Shipped in the ISPM 15 Program
Recorded volumes shipped for the month in the ISPM 15 program should include only the WPM or lumber that you marked during that month. In other words, any solid wood packaging product or lumber that you stamp with your IPPC, DUN or HT mark needs to be recorded as board footage shipped in your program. Anything that you do not mark should not be entered as part of your monthly volumes shipped for this program. The examples below are situations where you do not include the volumes shipped in your monthly shipping report:
- Building WPM with HT lumber but it does not receive your IPPC mark before shipping.
- Wholesaling IPPC marked wood packaging products or HT marked lumber that does not bear your mark.
- Pallets that were sent to be heat treated at another facility and bear their mark.
- WPM made wholly from materials exempt from the provisions of the ISPM 15 standard (i.e. plywood, particle board, OSB, etc.).
- Reused IPPC marked pallets shipped from your facility.
The footage from any of this material should not be recorded in your ISPM 15 program shipped volumes.
If you build WPM from purchased HT lumber only and place your IPPC mark on it and also have a heat chamber where you treat and mark material with your IPPC mark as well, a separate record for volumes shipped for each situation needs to be kept. This is necessary to verify that the volume of WPM shipped which was totally produced from your purchased HT lumber does not exceed the volume of the purchased HT lumber you received.
If you purchase HT lumber and build WPM combining both HT and non-HT lumber and everything goes through your heat chamber before you put your IPPC mark on, it is not necessary to keep a record of the HT lumber you purchase since you are heat treating onsite all the WPM you are placing your IPPC mark on.
If your WPM is made partially from HT lumber and partially from exempt material and your mark is applied, only the footage of the HT lumber used in the manufacture of the WPM needs to be recorded.
If combining both HT and non-HT lumber and everything goes through your heat chamber before you put your IPPC mark on, it is not necessary to keep a record of the HT lumber you purchase since you are heat treating onsite all the WPM you are placing your IPPC mark on.
If your WPM is made partially from HT lumber and partially from exempt material and your mark is applied, only the footage of the HT lumber used in the manufacture of the WPM needs to be recorded.
If you build WPM from purchased HT lumber and place your IPPC mark on it but it ships only domestically, it still needs to be recorded as IPPC marked board footage shipped.