1998 Governor's Awards Applications Available for DEP Clients [28 Pa.B. 1898] The Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance recently released the 1998 Application for the Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. The award is presented annually by the Governor to companies, organizations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and municipalities that demonstrate accomplishment as Pennsylvania's environmental innovators.
Award categories include pollution prevention, energy efficiency/renewables, recycling and market development, land use, technology innovation, management system, technical assistance provider, industrial recycling and education/outreach. If you or anyone you know of has actively demonstrated pollution prevention tactics, devised industrial innovations which help to save energy, developed goals and objectives which are environmentally sound, or have proactively worked to educate residents about the environmental benefits of P2/E2, let the Department know about it. We encourage you to participate in this highly rewarding program.
A panel of judges from both the public and private sector including educational institutions and environmental organizations will choose 1998 award recipients. Projects and programs will be evaluated on the following criteria: environmental impact; economic impact; energy impact/program results; innovation; management commitment; cooperative efforts; transferability; social impact and educational efforts.
Applications must be received no later than 4 p.m. on June 23rd, 1998. Postmarks are not acceptable. Mail or deliver to the Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 8772, 15th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8772.
For further information, contact Barbara Yuricich directly at (717) 772-8908 or Rosemary Mape at (717) 772-8907 or access the application directly on DEP's website at http://www.dep.state.pa.us (choose Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance).
JAMES M. SEIF,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-605. Filed for public inspection April 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
