In this Issue:
- MSWG Conference
- E-Waste Summit
- DEQ’s Wallace Awarded
- Air Quality Board
- PowerForward Kickoff
- Calendar of Events
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Sponsored by the
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
In this Issue:
Newsletter Links:
Sponsored by the
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
International Conference brings Stakeholders to Table
Park City – Energy development in the West has created new environmental challenges that will require a new era of collaboration between state and federal governments, according to top officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Utah Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste is supporting ongoing negotiations between industry, conservationists and state lawmakers over what to do with tons of antiquated electronics teeming with hazardous chemicals currently being dumped in municipal landfills across the state.
Sonja Wallace, an 18-year veteran at the Department of Environmental Quality, received the Recycler of the Year Award from the Recycling Coalition of Utah at a June 8 recycling conference and e-waste summit held in Sandy.
After decades of improving Utah’s air to meet federal standards, the Air Quality Board is now faced with a new challenge: Federal standards for particle air pollution just got a whole lot tougher, and that could mean the entire Wasatch Front and Cache Valley will soon be out of compliance with parts of the Clean Air Act.
Officials offer Cool Ways to Conserve
Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. is taking on the heat in order to meet his statewide goal of a 20 percent increase in energy efficiency by 2015. On May 30, he signed an executive order directing state employees to heed PowerForward email alerts that signal the need to conserve electricity in the heat of the summer.