Ecology Gives An Environmental Excellence Award To The Okanogan Environmental Concerns Committee

Washington State Department of Ecology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 18, 1996
96-160

CONTACT:
Brian Dick, Ecology (509) 575-2477
Dan Boettger, Okanogan County PUD (509) 422-8425
Greg Hamilton, Hamilton Farm Equipment (509) 427-3030
Libbie McClaflin, Ecology (360) 407-6144

MEDIA ADVISORY

Ecology Gives An Environmental Excellence Award To The Okanogan Environmental Concerns Committee

WHO: The Okanogan Environmental Concerns Committee located in Okanogan.

WHAT: Receives Washington Department of Ecology 1996 Environmental Excellence Award at the committee's monthly meeting.

WHERE: At the new Okanogan County Shop, 28860 Hwy 97.

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 19 -- 1 p.m.

DETAILS: Pat Spurgin, Ecology central regional office director, will present the award. The Okanogan Environmental Concerns Committee was cited for helping Ecology:

Develop a new hazardous waste technical assistance site visit program for businesses. The Committee then helped to evaluate the program by polling the businesses in Okanogan County that were visited. This project has since been implemented statewide with much success.
Develop and implement a plan for managing business-generated used oil within the county. The plan resulted in safer, cheaper and easier management of used oil, with positive environmental benefits.
Change the Dangerous Waste regulations by providing key comments during the last regulation amendment process.