FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2000
Contact:
Rick Sprott, Division of Air Quality, (801) 536-4151
The Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality will recognize five Utah companies for reducing air pollution emissions at specific plants by more than 50 percent. The Air Pollution Reduction Award recipients are:
The companies will be recognized at the Division of Air Quality Board Meeting Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Department of Environmental Quality, 168 N. 1950 West, Salt Lake City, Room 101.
Between 1990 and 1998, the Amoco Salt Lake City Refinery reduced air emissions by 75 percent; LDS Hospital by 97 percent; Pacificorp, Hunter Power Plant by 57 percent; Thiokol, Clearfield Plant by 97 percent; and Questar Pipeline Company, Oak Spring Turbine Compressor Station by 94 percent. Reduced pollutants include particulate matter, sulfur compounds, nitrogen oxides, votatile ozone-forming contaminants and carbon monoxide.
"Collectively, these five plants have eliminated more than 42,000 tons of pollution in and around the Wasatch Front and sensitive national areas," said Rick Sprott, Division of Air Quality planning manager. "These reductions have reduced the impact on respiratory illnesses as well as our visibility."
Recipients were selected based on three criteria: a reduction in air pollution emissions by 50 percent or more between 1990 and 1998, a good environmental compliance track record and air pollution reduction results based on positive actions by the company, not decreased business activity.