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    • Waco Sheet Feeder
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  • Beyond the Box
    • Life Cycle of a Corrugated Box
    • The Myth of 100% Recycled Content
    • Profiles With a Purpose
    • What Goes in a Box?
    • What Impacts Box Performance?
    • Getting the Good Message Out
    • More Than Ink on Paper
    • Do You Speak Corrugated?
    • How Containerboard Is Made
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  • Industry Insights
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    • Snack Food Trends 2021
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    • Manufacturing Trends 2022: Technology and Managing Uncertainty
    • Auto Parts Testimonial
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  • Our Company
    • The PCA Advantage
    • Senior Management Team
      • Mark W. Kowlzan
      • Thomas A. Hassfurther
      • Robert P. Mundy
      • Pamela A. Barnes
      • Charles J. Carter
      • Jeff S. Kaser
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      • D. Ray Shirley
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      • Mark W. Kowlzan
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      • Jeff S. Kaser
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    • 2018-3-29 PCA Celebrates Groundbreaking for its New Box Plant
    • 2018-04-20 PCA Supports ICPF Dinner and Teleconference
    • 2018-05-09 PCA Holds Blood Drive at Corporate Offices
    • 2018-06-25 PCA Raises Funds for Children's Hospital After Theft
    • 2018-06-08 PCA Participates in FAME Program
    • 2018-07-05 PCA Helps “Do Lunch” To Benefit Meals on Wheels
    • 2018-07-27 PCA Publishes Its 2017 Responsibility Report
    • 2018-09-10 PCA Corporate Employees Visit Local Grade Schools
    • 2018-10-09 PCA Richmond Supports Area Schools
    • 2018-3-23 PCA DeRidder Mill Announces Scholarships
    • 2018-1-19 PCA Huntsville Gives Back to Its Community
    • 2018-10-29 Mark Kowlzan Named Global Containerboard CEO of the Year
    • 2018-11-13 PCA Employee Coaches Special Olympics Sailors
    • 2020-6-11 PCA Atlanta Partners With Hosea Helps
    • 2020-7-31 PCA Morganton Donates Materials to Local Robotics Program
    • 2020-10-7 PCA Mill Supports Food Needs at Local Community Center
    • 2020-12-1 PCA Tomahawk Named an Educator of the Year by TEAPIE
    • 2021-2-8 PCA’s Benjamin Frank Earns TAPPI’s Gunner Nicholson Gold Medal Award
    • 2021-4-20 COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Building a Box to Help Save Lives
    • 2021-8-17 PCA Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report
    • 2021-10-6 PCA Richland Supports Local Fund and Food Drive
    • 2021-12-21 International Falls Mill Provides Year-Long Community Support
    • 2020-5-8 PCA Morganton Supports Local Food Drives
    • 2020-1-20 PCA Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek
    • 2018-12-21 PCA Vincennes Helps Families in Need Over Thanksgiving
    • 2019-01-29 PCA Supports the Arts
    • 2019-03-14 Six PCA Plants Raise Funds to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2019-04-05 PCA Employee Provides Assistance to Guatemalan Town
    • 2019-05-15 PCA Plant Hosts Local First Grade Class
    • 2019-07-09 PCA Continues Partnership with the Red Cross
    • 2019-09-19 PCA Ashland Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
    • 2019-10-25 PCA Employees Participate in Haitian Orphanage Projects
    • 2019-12-12 PCA Participates in Recruiting Event at Community College
    • 2022-01-03 PCA Named One of the Worlds Best Employers by Forbes Magazine
    • 2020-4-13 PCA Employee Helps Neighborhoods Hit by Tornado
  • Contact Us
  • Products
    • Corrugated Containers
      • Basic Designs
        • Regular Slotted Container (RSC)
        • Half Slotted Container (HSC)
        • Overlap Slotted Container (OSC)
        • Full Overlap Slotted Container (FOL)
        • Center Special Slotted Container (CSSC)
        • Snap or 1-2-3-Bottom Container (ALB)
        • Integral Divider Container
        • Telescopic Boxes (Design Style Trays, Infold Trays and Outfold Trays)
        • Double-Cover Container
        • Interlocking Double-Cover Container
        • Folders
        • Wraparound Blank
    • Retail Packaging and Displays
      • POP Displays
      • POS Packaging
      • Retail-Ready Packaging
    • E-Commerce Packaging Solutions
    • Heavy-Duty Packaging
      • BulkMaster™
      • ExportPack™
      • Grid-Lok™
    • Produce Packaging
      • Field-to-Retail (F2R)
      • BulkMaster™
    • Stock Packaging and Supplies
      • Packaging Supplies
      • Record Storage Boxes
      • Stock Agricultural Packaging
    • Hexacomb®
      • Protective Packaging
      • Pallets
      • Load Securement
    • Falconboard®
      • Falconboard® Print
      • Falconboard® All White
      • Falconboard Luminous™
      • Falconboard® All Black
      • Falconboard® Mount
      • Falconboard® Build
    • Interior Packaging
    • Freight Saver™ Dunnage Bags
    • Printing Capabilities
    • Containerboard
  • Services
    • Design Services
    • Technical Services
    • Brand and Marketing Services
    • Value Improvement Process
    • Electronic Transactions
    • Collaborative Project Management
    • Display and Graphics Sales
    • National Accounts Sales
  • Locations
    • United States
    • International
    • Garland Full-Line Plant
    • Franklin Sheet Plant
    • Fairfield Sheet Plant
    • El Paso Sheet Plant
    • Edmore Sheet Plant
    • Donna Sheet Plant
    • Conrad Sheet Plant
    • Chicago Full-Line Plant
    • Atlanta Full-Line Plant
    • Ashland Full-Line Plant
    • Arlington Full-Line Plant
    • Akron Sheet Plant
    • Gas City Full-Line Plant
    • Grandville Full-Line Plant
    • Hanover Sheet Plant
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    • High Point Sheet Plant
    • Jackson Full-Line Plant
    • Jacksonville Full-Line Plant
    • Knoxville Sheet Plant
    • Lancaster Full-Line Plant
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    • Miami Gardens Sheet Plant
    • Milwaukee Full-Line Plant
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    • Newark Full-Line Plant
    • Northampton Full-Line Plant
    • Olive Branch Sheet Plant
    • Omaha Full-Line Plant
    • Opelika Sheet Plant
    • Pearl Full-Line Plant
    • Phoenix Full-Line Plant
    • Plano Full-Line Plant
    • Plymouth Full-Line Plant
    • Richmond Full-Line Plant
    • Roanoke Sheet Plant
    • Rutherfordton Sheet Plant
    • Salisbury Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City Specialty Plant
    • South Gate Sheet Plant
    • Syracuse Full-Line Plant
    • Trexlertown Full-Line Plant
    • Vincennes Full-Line Plant
    • Waco Full-Line Plant
    • Winter Haven Full-Line Plant
    • Counce Containerboard Mill
    • Filer City Containerboard Mill
    • Tomahawk Containerboard Mill
    • Valdosta Containerboard Mill
    • Bentonville Creative Design Center
    • Liverpool Packaging and Supply Center
    • Elizabethtown Packaging and Supply Center
    • Orlando Packaging and Supply Center
    • Jacksonville Packaging and Supply Center
    • Vista Packaging and Supply Center
    • Mundelein Technical and Development Center
    • Westfield Packaging and Supply Center
    • Winchester Packaging and Supply Center
    • Miami Packaging and Supply Center
    • Middletown Full-Line Plant
    • Honea Path Full-Line Plant
    • Golden Valley Full-Line Plant
    • Burlington Full-Line Plant
    • Lake Forest Corporate Headquarters
    • Chicago Specialty Plant
    • Winter Haven Training and Resource Center
    • South Gate Creative Design Center
    • Fairfield Creative Design Center
    • Hong Kong Creative Design Center
    • Honea Path Rebuild Center
    • Chicago Sheet Plant
    • Huntsville Sheet Plant
    • City of Industry Sheet Plant
    • Reading Full-Line Plant
    • Cheswick Sheet Plant
    • Hackettstown Creative Design Center
    • Burley Full-Line Plant
    • Nampa Full-Line Plant
    • Salem Full-Line Plant
    • Salt Lake City North Full-Line Plant
    • Wallula Full-Line Plant
    • Denver Full-Line Plant
    • Atlanta Specialty Plant
    • Seattle Specialty Plant
    • DeRidder Containerboard Mill
    • Wallula Containerboard Mill
    • Trenton Hexacomb® Plant
    • Arlington Hexacomb® Plant
    • Auburn Hexacomb® Plant
    • Farmville Hexacomb® Plant
    • Kalamazoo Hexacomb® Plant
    • North Haven Hexacomb® Plant
    • Santa Fe Springs Hexacomb® Plant
    • Waco Sheet Feeder
    • Buffalo Grove Hexacomb Design Center
    • Boise Administrative Offices
    • Mooresville Creative Design Center
    • San Bernardino Sheet Plant
    • Miami Full-Line Plant
    • New Oxford Full-Line Plant
    • Valley Forge Sheet Plant
    • Gallatin Sheet Plant
    • Tampa Sheet Plant
    • Fair Lawn Creative Design Center
    • New Oxford Specialty Full-Line Plant
    • Providence Creative Design Center
    • Atlanta Fulfillment Center
    • Hanover Fulfillment Center
    • Columbus Full-Line Plant
    • Ashland Fulfillment Center
    • McClellan Full-Line Plant
    • Kingsburg Full-Line Plant
    • Waco Sheet Plant
    • Carrollton Sheet Plant
    • Hershey Creative Design Center
    • Marshfield Full-Line Plant
    • Richland Full-Line Plant
    • Harrisonburg Fulfillment Center
    • Jackson Containerboard Mill
    • Grand Rapids Full-Line Plant
  • Sustainability
    • Managed Forestry
    • Continuous Recycling
    • Renewable Resources
    • Responsible Business Practices
    • PCA Responsibility Report
  • Beyond the Box
    • Life Cycle of a Corrugated Box
    • The Myth of 100% Recycled Content
    • Profiles With a Purpose
    • What Goes in a Box?
    • What Impacts Box Performance?
    • Getting the Good Message Out
    • More Than Ink on Paper
    • Do You Speak Corrugated?
    • How Containerboard Is Made
    • How Corrugated Boxes Are Made
  • Industry Insights
    • Auto Parts
    • Snack Food Trends 2021
    • E-Commerce Pkg
    • New to E-Commerce
    • Sustainable Produce Packaging
    • Humidity and Temperature
    • New Shopping Behaviors Impact 2022 Retail Trends
    • 7 Retail Display Styles Companies Rely On
    • Retail Displays and Connected Experiences Meet Consumer Expectations
    • Corrugated Packaging’s Environmental Sustainability
    • Manufacturing Trends 2022: Technology and Managing Uncertainty
    • Auto Parts Testimonial
    • Lower Shipping Costs
    • Floral Packaging
    • Put PCA's Expertise to Work
    • Snaxpo 2019 Takeaways
    • Bakery Packaging
    • GFSI
    • Recycling
    • Heavyweight Packaging
    • TFB Success Story
    • Find the Right Packaging Vendor
    • Package Design Testing
  • Our Company
    • The PCA Advantage
    • Senior Management Team
      • Mark W. Kowlzan
      • Thomas A. Hassfurther
      • Robert P. Mundy
      • Pamela A. Barnes
      • Charles J. Carter
      • Jeff S. Kaser
      • Darla J. Olivier
      • Kent A. Pflederer
      • Bruce A. Ridley
      • Robert A. Schneider
      • D. Ray Shirley
    • Community Outreach
    • History
      • History (1990-1999)
      • History (1867-1970)
  • Investor Relations
    • Senior Management Team
      • Mark W. Kowlzan
      • Thomas A. Hassfurther
      • Robert P. Mundy
      • Pamela A. Barnes
      • Charles J. Carter
      • Jeff S. Kaser
      • Darla J. Olivier
      • Kent A. Pflederer
      • Bruce A. Ridley
      • Robert A. Schneider
      • D. Ray Shirley
    • Board of Directors
    • Corporate Governance
    • Shareholder Information
    • Stock Information
    • Financial Reports
    • SEC Filings
    • Presentations
    • Calendar of Events
    • News Releases
  • News
    • 2018-3-29 PCA Celebrates Groundbreaking for its New Box Plant
    • 2018-04-20 PCA Supports ICPF Dinner and Teleconference
    • 2018-05-09 PCA Holds Blood Drive at Corporate Offices
    • 2018-06-25 PCA Raises Funds for Children's Hospital After Theft
    • 2018-06-08 PCA Participates in FAME Program
    • 2018-07-05 PCA Helps “Do Lunch” To Benefit Meals on Wheels
    • 2018-07-27 PCA Publishes Its 2017 Responsibility Report
    • 2018-09-10 PCA Corporate Employees Visit Local Grade Schools
    • 2018-10-09 PCA Richmond Supports Area Schools
    • 2018-3-23 PCA DeRidder Mill Announces Scholarships
    • 2018-1-19 PCA Huntsville Gives Back to Its Community
    • 2018-10-29 Mark Kowlzan Named Global Containerboard CEO of the Year
    • 2018-11-13 PCA Employee Coaches Special Olympics Sailors
    • 2020-6-11 PCA Atlanta Partners With Hosea Helps
    • 2020-7-31 PCA Morganton Donates Materials to Local Robotics Program
    • 2020-10-7 PCA Mill Supports Food Needs at Local Community Center
    • 2020-12-1 PCA Tomahawk Named an Educator of the Year by TEAPIE
    • 2021-2-8 PCA’s Benjamin Frank Earns TAPPI’s Gunner Nicholson Gold Medal Award
    • 2021-4-20 COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Building a Box to Help Save Lives
    • 2021-8-17 PCA Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report
    • 2021-10-6 PCA Richland Supports Local Fund and Food Drive
    • 2021-12-21 International Falls Mill Provides Year-Long Community Support
    • 2020-5-8 PCA Morganton Supports Local Food Drives
    • 2020-1-20 PCA Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek
    • 2018-12-21 PCA Vincennes Helps Families in Need Over Thanksgiving
    • 2019-01-29 PCA Supports the Arts
    • 2019-03-14 Six PCA Plants Raise Funds to Benefit Toys for Tots
    • 2019-04-05 PCA Employee Provides Assistance to Guatemalan Town
    • 2019-05-15 PCA Plant Hosts Local First Grade Class
    • 2019-07-09 PCA Continues Partnership with the Red Cross
    • 2019-09-19 PCA Ashland Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
    • 2019-10-25 PCA Employees Participate in Haitian Orphanage Projects
    • 2019-12-12 PCA Participates in Recruiting Event at Community College
    • 2022-01-03 PCA Named One of the Worlds Best Employers by Forbes Magazine
    • 2020-4-13 PCA Employee Helps Neighborhoods Hit by Tornado
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Addendum to Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Wood Fiber Goods

If Seller is supplying Goods with a wood fiber component to any paper manufacturing mill of Packaging Corporation of America, use this section.

If supplying Goods to a non-paper manufacturing mill, click here. 

Packaging Corporation of America, including subsidiary Boise White Paper, L.L.C. ("PCA") and Seller intend to have this Addendum set forth supplemental terms and conditions for Goods (as defined in the Production Order or purchase order) with a wood fiber component supplied to any paper manufacturing mill of PCA, including mills located in Counce, TN; DeRidder, LA; Filer City, MI; International Falls, MN; Jackson, AL; Tomahawk, WI; Valdosta, GA; or Wallula, WA. These supplemental terms and conditions are integrated with the PCA purchase order (PO).

Seller acknowledges that PCA is a participant in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (PEFC/29-31-222, PEFC/31-29-09) programs, and desires to comply with the applicable Chain of Custody, Fiber Sourcing, and Controlled Wood standards to enable PCA to make certain claims and to use appropriate on-product labels with respect to SFI®, FSC®, and/or PEFC certified products sold by PCA manufactured from any Goods with a wood fiber component supplied by Seller in conjunction with this PO. To make such claims and use such labels, PCA must rely on information provided by Seller.

To that end, Seller shall ensure that documents associated with each delivery of Goods to PCA shall include: (1) Seller identification, (2) quantity of delivery, (3) date of delivery (or delivery period or accounting period), (4) category of origin (including percentage of certified Goods if the percentage method is used by Seller), & (5) such other information as PCA may from time to time reasonably require for purposes of complying with the standards and principles of the respective SFI, PEFC and FSC programs.

Seller certifies that all such information shall be true and correct and complete at the time provided. Upon PCA’s request, Seller shall provide periodic written summaries of such information under Seller’s written certification that all such information is true and correct and complete as of the date of certification. Seller agrees not to substitute and deliver non-certified for certified Goods, or mix non-certified with certified Goods. Seller shall take reasonable steps to ensure no mixing of non-acceptable material has occurred in the fiber supply chain. Seller shall cooperate with on-going monitoring and internal and independent auditing of each certification program by providing access to documents, supporting the organization’s need to collect information necessary to implement risk mitigation measures, and when relevant to verify risk mitigation measures, providing access to sites.

To the best of Seller’s knowledge, Seller certifies that: (1) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained from legal sources in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, and in compliance with applicable voluntary and mandatory best management practices. (2) No Goods originate from any controversial sources as that term is defined by SFI, (3) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained in compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), &, where Seller delivers Goods from non-certified sources, (4) the Goods supplied to PCA qualify as controlled material (acceptable sources) as defined by FSC (that is, the Goods are not (a) wood from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated, (b) wood from forests where high conservation values are threatened (as defined by FSC), (c) wood from genetically modified (GM) trees, (d) illegally harvested wood, nor (e) wood from natural forests that have been harvested for the purpose of converting the land to plantations or other non-forest use, unless Seller can assure the material originates from limited and legal sources of conversion (e.g. conversion that results in conservation benefits, small or low-intensity managed forest (SLIMF) sources with maximum size, publicly approved changes in zoning in urban areas, utility right-of-ways, etc., and does not come from sources where conversion threatens high conservation values), and (5) all Goods supplied to PCA are sourced in compliance with requirements of the SFI standards for having a program for the purchase of wood from wood producers that have completed training programs and are recognized as qualified logging professionals. Seller agrees to comply with all mandatory or voluntary BMP guidelines for water quality specified by state and local government, and federal wetlands BMPs.

Seller shall be deemed to have re-certified as to each of such five statements at the time of each delivery of Goods to PCA, except to the extent the documentation for such delivery sets forth a specific exception or qualification. Upon completion of a series of deliveries of Goods over a period of time, if PCA shall so request, Seller shall provide PCA with a written certification, effective as of the date of completion of that series of deliveries, re-certifying as to each of such five statements for that series of deliveries.

Seller agrees to maintain adequate records systems to enable Seller to provide PCA with accurate and complete information and substantiate Seller’s representations and certifications set forth in this paragraph. In the event, at any time, Seller determines that any certified information provided to PCA was not true and correct and complete, or was misleading, at the time that information was provided to PCA, Seller shall promptly notify PCA of that determination and provide corrected information under Seller’s written certification. Seller shall notify PCA of any changes to the supply area, species harvested or supply chain prior to supplying material impacted by these changes.

SFI, PEFC and FSC guidance, as applicable, shall be followed for any allocation methods used by Seller to generate information certified to PCA, for any percentage based claims by Seller, and for like determinations. Seller shall cooperate with any reasonable request by PCA for assistance to verify Seller’s assertions. 

If Seller is supplying Goods with a wood fiber component to any Packaging Corporation of America operation that is not a paper manufacturing mill, use this section. 

Packaging Corporation of America ("PCA") and Seller intend to have this Addendum set forth supplemental terms and conditions for Goods (as defined in the Production Order or purchase order) with a wood fiber component supplied to any corrugated plant, any converting plant, and any other plant (excluding only paper manufacturing mills) owned or operated by PCA and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Hexacomb Corporation and Hexacomb Canada Corp, but excepting its subsidiary Boise White Paper, L.L.C. These supplemental terms and conditions are integrated with the PCA purchase order (PO).

Seller acknowledges that PCA is a participant in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (PEFC/29-31-222) programs, and desires to comply with the applicable Chain of Custody and Fiber Sourcing standards to enable PCA to make certain claims and to use appropriate on-product labels with respect to SFI® and/or PEFC certified products sold by PCA manufactured from any Goods with a wood fiber component supplied by Seller in conjunction with this PO. To make such claims and use such labels, PCA must rely on information provided by Seller.

To that end, Seller shall ensure that documents associated with each delivery of Goods to PCA shall include: (1) Seller identification, (2) quantity of delivery, (3) date of delivery (or delivery period or accounting period), (4) category of origin (including percentage of certified Goods if the percentage method is used by Seller), & (5) such other information as PCA may from time to time reasonably require for purposes of complying with the standards and principles of the respective SFI and PEFC programs.

Seller certifies that all such information shall be true and correct and complete at the time provided. Upon PCA’s request, Seller shall provide periodic written summaries of such information under Seller’s written certification that all such information is true and correct and complete as of the date of certification. Seller agrees not to substitute and deliver non-certified for certified Goods, or mix non-certified with certified Goods, and shall cooperate with on-going monitoring and auditing of each certification program.

To the best of Seller’s knowledge, Seller certifies that: (1) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained from legal sources in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, and in compliance with applicable voluntary and mandatory best management practices. (2) No Goods originate from any controversial sources as that term is defined by SFI, (3) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained in compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and (4) all Goods supplied to PCA are sourced in compliance with requirements of the SFI standards for having a program for the purchase of wood from wood producers that have completed training programs and are recognized as qualified logging professionals.

Seller shall be deemed to have re-certified as to each of such four statements at the time of each delivery of Goods to PCA, except to the extent the documentation for such delivery sets forth a specific exception or qualification. Upon completion of a series of deliveries of Goods over a period of time, if PCA shall so request, Seller shall provide PCA with a written certification, effective as of the date of completion of that series of deliveries, re-certifying as to each of such four statements for that series of deliveries.

Seller agrees to maintain adequate records systems to enable Seller to provide PCA with accurate and complete information and substantiate Seller’s representations and certifications set forth in this paragraph. In the event, at any time, Seller determines that any certified information provided to PCA was not true and correct and complete, or was misleading, at the time that information was provided to PCA, Seller shall promptly notify PCA of that determination and provide corrected information under Seller’s written certification.

SFI and PEFC guidance, as applicable, shall be followed for any allocation methods used by Seller to generate information certified to PCA, for any percentage based claims by Seller, and for like determinations. Seller shall cooperate with any reasonable request by PCA for assistance to verify Seller’s assertions.

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Revised August 2021
SFI Marks are registered marks owned by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. FSC® C139165 and C020415.

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