NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 11, 2006
Kansas City, MO (Sept. 11) … Ten state and local government transportation facilities in the U.S. and Canada earned the 2006 Excellence in Storage Award from Salt Institute. The award recognizes high standards of environmental consciousness and effective management of winter materials storage. Another forty-eight facilities were cited for “continuing excellence” for sustaining award-winning programs recognized in the first 19 years of the program.
“With more than 60 years operating experience in salting roads to maintain winter safety and mobility, we’ve learned that environmental problems are potentially severe, always local and entirely preventable,” explained Salt Institute president Richard L. Hanneman, in announcing the award winners. “Over those years, we’ve learned that inadequate salt storage is the likeliest path to environmental contamination. These agencies are doing an outstanding job of environmental protection in salt storage, establishing a standard to which other agencies aspire. The investments represented here are paying rich dividends.”
The awards were announced during the American Public Works Association Congress in Kansas City.
The Excellence in Storage Award is part of the Salt Institute’s Sensible Salting Program – an educational program for salt customers on how to store and apply salt in an environmentally sound manner. Over the award competition’s 19 years, just 125 excellent programs have been recognized. Among the 48 facilities cited for continuing excellence Buffalo Grove, IL, has won the excellence designation 18 times; Arlington Heights, IL has won 14 times.
Every year about 15 million tons of deicing salt is applied to roadways in the U.S. and another five million tons in Canada. Applying salt reduces injury accidents by 88% and pays for itself in a half hour in terms of avoided crashes.
Salt Institute is the global association of salt companies. Its website has more information about the Excellence in Storage Award (http://www.saltinstitute.org/40.html) and almost anything else you might want to know about salt: http://www.saltinstitute.org.
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Attachment: Lists of winners
Village of Algonquin , Algonquin, IL
Ashland County Salt Storage Building , Ashland, OH
City of Bloomington , Bloomington, MN
CT DOT, East Hampton Salt Storage Facility, East Hampton, CT
CT DOT, Pomfret Salt Storage Facility, Pomfret, CT
Franklin County West Maintenance Facility, Columbus, OH
Hamilton Township , Hamilton, NJ
City of Mississauga , Mississauga, ON
PennDOT Pen Argyl Stockpile 07, Easton, PA
Township of Randolph , Randolph, NJ
2006 Continuing Excellence in Storage Awards
Village of Addison, IL
Village of Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, IL
Beaver Township, Bloomsburg, PA
City of Brampton Works and Transportation Sandalwood Parkway facility, Brampton, ON
Village of Buffalo Grove, Buffalo Grove, IL
Town of Clifton Park, Clifton Park, NY
Columbia County, Wyocena, WI
Connecticut DOT Glastonbury Maintenance Facility, Glastonbury, CT
Connecticut DOT Hebron Salt Shed, Bolton, CT
Connecticut DOT Middletown Salt Storage Facility, Middletown, CT
Connecticut DOT Miller Avenue, Meriden, CT
Connecticut DOT District II New Preston Satellite Salt Storage Facility, New Preston, CT
Connecticut DOT Old Saybrook Facility, Old Saybrook, CT
Connecticut DOT Route 71A Salt Shed, Meriden, CT
Connecticut DOT Willington Maintenance Facility, Willington, CT
City of Elgin, IL
City of Geneva Dept. of Public Works, Geneva, IL
Village of Hanover Park, Hanover Park, IL
City of Houghton, Houghton, MI
Village of Lake Zurich, IL
Lockport Township, IL
City of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA
City of Marquette, MI
McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
Mount Prospect Public Works, Mt. Prospect, IL
Macomb County, MI (Warren facility)
New Jersey DOT Berlin Yard - # 415 Salt Storage Facility, Berlin, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cherry Hill Yard - #411 Salt Storage Facility, Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland County Complex, Bridgeton, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland Yard - #426, Maurice River, NJ
New Jersey DOT Deepwater Yard - #425 Salt Storage Facility, Deepwater, NJ
New Jersey DOT Elmer Yard - #420, Pittgrove, NJ
New Jersey DOT Folsom Yard #451, Folsom, NJ
New Jersey DOT Glassboro Yard - #417, Glassboro, NJ
New Jersey DOT Mount Laurel Yard #468, Mt. Laurel, NJ
New Jersey DOT Red Lion Yard, - #434
New Jersey DOT West Deptford Yard #413, West Deptford, NJ
Village of Northbrook, IL
Town of North Salem, NY
Town of Orangetown, Orangeburg, NY
Village of Orland Park, IL
Region of Peel Copper Road Yard Facility, Brampton, ON
Public Works Salt Facility of Roanoke PW, Roanoke, VA
South Whitehall Township, Allentown, PA
City of Springdale, Springdale, OH
City of West Des Moines, IA
Wright County, Buffalo, MN
Town of Yorktown, NY
City of Zion Public Works, Zion, IL
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