BMP Quality Assurance Program
  Best Management Practices (BMPs) Quality Assurance Program. As published by the Western Wood Preservers Institute (WWPI), provides specific parameters for pressure-treating wood products for use in sensitive aquatic environments in the Western United States and Canada. Its goal is to minimize the amount or preservative placed in the wood while assuring conformance with the established treating standards of the American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) Environmental Responsibility and Safety Chemonite treated wood has been safely and successfully used since 1940 in commercial and industrial applications. When handling Chemonite treated wood or untreated wood, gloves should be worn to avoid splinters. Dust masks and goggles should be worn when sawing or drilling. Hands should be washed before eating or smoking. In all sensitive aquatic environments Best Management Practices (BMPs) should be specified and certified to assure that treated wood products are manufactured in a manner that minimizes any potential for adverse impacts Dispose of cut ends in a sanitary landfill. Treated wood should not be burned in open fires or in stoves, fire-places or residential boilers. 
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