NOTICES
Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence for 1997
[27 Pa.B. 1699] The Department of Environmental Protection is announcing the application period for the 1997 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. Awards will be presented for the winning projects at a ceremony to be held in Harrisburg on September 16, 1997.
The Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence recognize any Pennsylvania business, government agency, municipality, organization or individual engaged in pollution prevention, recycling, or energy efficiency efforts in Pennsylvania. If your environmental management activities include the implementation of pollution prevention strategies, innovative energy or environmental technologies to use existing resources more effectively, recycling and the development of recycled materials or recycling markets, improvements in energy efficiency, or education and outreach activities related to pollution prevention and environmental compliance assistance, you are a likely candidate for this year's awards program.
Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges representing both public and private sectors, educational institutions and environmental organizations. The judges will select as winners, the projects or programs that best meet the evaluation criteria. Projects/programs will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: environmental impact; transferability; economic impact; innovation; energy impact/program results; management commitment; cooperative efforts; social impact and educational efforts.
For more information or assistance in completing the application, contact Barbara Yuricich at (717) 772-8908, E-Mail Yuricich.Barb@a1.dep.state.pa.us or Rosemary Mape at (717) 772-8907, E-Mail Mape.Rose@a1.dep.state.pa.us.
TDD users should call 800-654-5984. The application and related environmental information is available electronically via Internet. Access the DEP website at http://www.dep.state.pa.us (choose Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance.)
Applications must be received by 4 p.m. on May 23, 1997. Postmarks are not accepted. Mail or deliver to Department of Environmental Protection, P. O. Box 8772, 13th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 4th and Market Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8772.
JAMES M. SEIF,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-521. Filed for public inspection April 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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