Kentucky Small Business Air Quality Stewardship Award
What is the Kentucky Small Business Air Quality Stewardship Award?
This award was established by the Small Business Air Quality Advisory Panel in 1998. The purpose of the award is to recognize the commitment of a Kentucky small business or businesses to air quality stewardship.
What is the role of the Compliance Advisory Panel?
The advisory panel is part of the Kentucky Small Business Air Quality program designed by the state Division for Air Quality to comply with the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The panel advises the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet on the effectiveness of the ombudsman and the technical assistance programs, the other two components of the program. The panel also sponsors the annual Kentucky Small Business Air Quality Stewardship Awards.
What is the purpose of the award?
The award recognizes exemplary performance in one or more of the following areas: pollution prevention, reducing emissions, emission control or community air quality leadership. Along with individual recognition, the winning companies are a source of information on technologies, operating practices or educational leadership that may be imitated by other businesses.
Who may submit nominations for the award?
Individuals, businesses and organizations may nominate themselves or others for this award. Nominations are evaluated by a committee of panel members who will select a winner or winners.
How may nomination forms be obtained?
A nomination form can be found at the link below. If you have any questions about the awards program, call Kenya Stump at 800-926-8111 or 502-564-0323 or e-mail Kenya.Stump@ky.gov.
To complete the nomination form online, go to http://capaward.speedsurvey.com/.
To print the nomination form from a Word document, visit 2008 Nomination Form.
Nomination Schedule for 2008
Nominations for the 2008 Air Quality Stewardship Award are now closed.
2008 Award Winners
The Small Business Stationary Source Compliance Advisory Panel selected three recipients of the Air Quality Stewardship Award for 2008. The winners received their awards at the Governor's Conference on the Environment, which was held in Lexington on Oct. 6 and 7.
- Gallery NuLu, Louisville, was honored for its community leadership for the installation of a green roof and wall.
- Hausner Hard-Chrome of Kentucky, located in Owensboro, won for its emissions control efforts, which included the installation of a new scrubber system for more efficient and effective control of emissions.
- Denyo Manufacturing Corp., Danville, was chosen for its pollution prevention efforts. The corporation instituted a testing program for a new low-curing temperature powder coat to reduce natural gas consumption, implemented an air compressor operations program to reduce electricity consumption and switched to a four-day workweek.
Congratulations to all three award winners!
