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Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to New Mexico Winners

Release Date: 10/30/1998
Contact Information: For more information contact the Office of External Affairs at (214) 665-2200.

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Regional Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Deputy Director Barbara Greenfield will present nine Environmental Excellence awards in a Santa Fe ceremony. New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Peter Maggiore also will participate in the ceremony. Recipients will receive plaques, Environmental Excellence flags and lapel pins.

WHEN: 10 a.m., Thursday, November 5, 1998

WHERE:  Capitol Rotunda

WINNERS:                                                    
   City of Espanola

   Rio Puerco Watershed Committee, chaired by the Bureau of Land Management

   Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Albuquerque

   New Mexico State University Physical Plant

   Sodexho-Marriot Services at New Mexico State University

   Sandia Mountain Natural History Center, New Mexico Museum of Natural History

   Project del Rio

   Environmental Education Roundtable, New Mexico Environment Department

   Superfund Program, New Mexico Environment Department