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Contact: Dale Armstrong
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 8, 2004

EPA ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS GO TO 13 REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Recipients of 13 Pollution Prevention Environmental Excellence awards will be honored Tuesday, Sept.14, 2004, by EPA Region 7. The ceremony will be at 1 p.m. in the regional office headquarters, 901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, Kan. A reception for the winners will follow the ceremony.

Regional Administrator Jim Gulliford, who will present the awards, said, “These environmental projects are proof that pollution can be prevented at the source and that energy can be conserved as part of positive programs and production.”

All winners will receive an Environmental Excellence Award plaque. The awards honor businesses for environmental excellence in eliminating or reducing waste at the source. The goals are to eliminate or reduce waste generation, to conserve natural resources and materials, to reduce the use of hazardous materials, and to promote the use of more energy-efficient equipment.

This year’s categories and winners are:

General Pollution Pool
Anheuser-Bush Inc. St. Louis
Target Corp./Target Stores Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. Kansas City
General Electric-Burlington West Burlington, Iowa

Environmentally Preferable Products & Services
Habitat Restore/Kansas City and
MARC Solid Waste Management District		 Kansas City
HNI Corp. (Allsteel & Hon Co.) Muscatine, Iowa
UBF Foodsolutions Wichita, Kan.

Energy Efficiency & Renewable or Alternative Energy Sources
S.A. Flick Seed Co. Kingsville, Mo.
Davenport Community .School District
and Trane Co.		 Davenport, Iowa
The Community Mercantile Lawrence, Kan.

Community Pollution Prevention
Sellers-Sexton Inc. St. Robert, Mo.

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