Union Pacific Lumber can help you select the most effective wood treatment and have your lumber delivered ready to use with your choice of protection product applied by EPA-registered applicators. The EPA recognizes several approved treatment solutions and application methods that can be made available. Treated material should be managed during use in accordance with Federal guidelines to ensure that our environmental management and care standards extend through the final implementation of treated materials.

EPA’s Use-Site Precautions:

• All sawdust and construction debris should be cleaned up and disposed of after construction.
• Do not use treated wood under circumstances where the preservative may become a component of food or animal feed. Examples of such sites would be use of mulch from recycled arsenic-treated wood, cutting boards, counter tops, animal bedding, and structures or containers for storing animal feed or human food.
• Only treated wood that is visibly clean and free of surface residue should be used for patios, decks and walkways.
• Do not use treated wood for construction of those portions of beehives which may come into contact with honey.
• Treated wood should not be used where it may come into direct or indirect contact with drinking water, except for uses involving incidental contact such as docks and bridges.