EPA is now accepting applications for the 2016 Clean Air Excellence Awards. The application guidelines and entry form can be found at http://www2.epa.gov/caaac/clean-air-excellence-awards. Awards will be presented at a celebration in early 2016 in Washington, DC (date and venue to be determined).
Please help us spread the word by forwarding this information to other organizations and individuals, and encouraging good candidates to apply for these prestigious awards.
Applications are due by September 11, 2015.
Through this program, EPA recognizes and honors individuals and organizations whose efforts have helped make progress in achieving cleaner air. The award recipients are selected for developing innovative, replicable, and sustainable programs; serving as pioneers in their fields; and improving air quality either directly or indirectly through reduced emissions of criteria pollutants, hazardous air pollutants, and/or greenhouse gases.
The five awards categories are: (1) Clean Air Technology; (2) Community Action; (3) Education/Outreach (4) Regulatory/Policy Innovations; and (5) Transportation Efficiency Innovations.
In addition to these five award categories, the Clean Air Excellence Awards Program includes two special awards: (1) the Gregg Cooke Visionary Program Award, honoring former EPA Regional Administrator Gregg Cooke, is given to the air quality project or program that successfully blends two or more of the five award categories; and (2) the Thomas W. Zosel Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, named for a former member of the CAAAC and environmental leader at 3M, recognizes one individual for their outstanding achievement, leadership, and lasting commitment to promote clean air and achieve better air quality.
From actively educating the public in the Northeast region about ways to reduce emissions that lead to ozone pollution and fine particle pollution to adopting new rules to minimize air quality impacts associated with oil and gas development in Colorado, past award winners have demonstrated a commitment to improving the air that we breathe, addressing climate change, educating our communities, and making our cities and towns more sustainable.
If you have any questions, please contact Catrice Jefferson at jefferson.catrice@epa.gov or (202) 564-1668.