The American Wood Protection Association (AWPA) is a non-profit organization which is responsible for promulgating voluntary wood preservation standards. More information is available at www.awpa.com  See http://www.awpa.com/references/homeowner.asp for information on identifying AWPA standard products and a listing of the current AWPA Standard products. See http://www.awpa.com/references/documents_PDF/AWPA-PressRelease-2009March.pdf for information on the micronized products.

You may view the USDA's Forest Products Laboratory TechLine on new wood treatments at Techline As indicated in this report, the consumer's best protection is to purchase treated wood products that are listed and produced by the AWPA standards.

The wood treatments used by Babb Lumber Company and the current AWPA status of those chemicals are listed below. It is the policy of Babb Lumber to use chemicals and processes that are AWPA standards.

• Dissolved copper azole type CA-C is used at our Vincennes, Indiana plant. CA-C is an AWPA standard and we produce under the AWPA standards for CA-C.
• Dissolved copper azole type CA-C is used at our Ringgold, Georgia plant #1.
• Borate is used at our Ringgold, Georgia plant #2. Borate is an AWPA standard and we produce under the AWPA standards for borate.
• Dissolved copper azole type CA-C with Stabilyzer additive is used at our Ringgold, Georgia plant #2.