EPA
Region 7 Recognizes Five
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7 Administrator John B. Askew said, "We are proud to add these five new
members to our regional Performance Track Program. These facilities are
making tangible improvements in their environmental performance that contribute
to a cleaner, healthier world for their employees, their communities, and the
nation."
Performance
Track recognizes facilities that set three-year goals for continuous
improvements in environmental performance beyond their legal requirements, have
internal systems to manage their environmental effects, engage in community
outreach, and consistently report results.
News for Release: Thursday,
Oct. 18, 2007
EPA Performance Track
Program Nears 500-Member Mark
Contact: Dave Ryan, (202)
564-4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
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are among the 55 new members
committing to go above and beyond
environmental requirements
as members of EPA's National Environmental
Performance Track Program.
The latest members bring the total number of
environmental leaders in
Performance Track to nearly 500, with members
now found in 49 states.
"We are proud to have
nearly 500 members who together have set more than
2,000 environmental
goals," said Dan Fiorino, director of Performance
Track. "These
facilities are making tangible improvements in their
performance that contribute
to a cleaner, healthier world for their
employees, their
communities, and the nation."
Performance Track members
come from a wide range of sectors, such as
automotive, paper, personal
care products, pharmaceuticals, and
government agencies. This
14th new membership round included first-time
applications from
Center, City of
Coca Cola, Covanta, and
Baxter Healthcare were among 13 companies
already represented in
Performance Track that added new facilities to
the program during this
latest membership cycle.
With these new members,
Performance Track has also broken ground in
three new states:
Postal Service ramped up its
membership with the addition of 18 new
member facilities, and
several more U.S. Air Force bases joined the
ranks of the program.
Performance Track recognizes
facilities that set three-year goals for
continuous improvements in
environmental performance beyond their legal
requirements, have internal
systems in place to manage their
environmental impacts,
engage in community outreach and consistently
report results.
Performance Track facilities
must meet all environmental regulatory
requirements and typically
set four goals for environmental improvement
(small facilities make two).
For example, the Elmendorf Air Force Base
in
hazardous waste generation
by implementing new technology that captures
cadmium from wash water,
allowing the reuse of the water. The base is
also committing to reduce
erosion caused by stormwater runoff, increase
land and habitat
conservation, and reduce transportation energy use.
Since the 2000 launch of
this facility-based program, Performance Track
membership has grown to 497
members in 49 states and
those members have set more
than 2,000 goals to benefit the environment
in both regulated and
unregulated areas. Through goals that have been
set since the inception of
the program, Performance Track members have
reported reductions in water
use of 5.6 billion gallons, greenhouse gas
reductions of 159,000 metric
tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, and have
conserved more than 25,000
acres of land.
Information on the National
Environmental Performance Track program:
http://www.epa.gov/performancetrack
Information on the new
Performance Track members:
http://epa.gov/performancetrack/round14PTFacilities.htm
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