15 WIN SALT INSTITUTE STORAGE EXCELLENCE AWARD

Kansas City, MO (Sept. 10) … The City of Olathe, KS and fourteen state government transportation facilities in Utah earned the 2007 Excellence in Storage Award from Salt Institute.  The award recognizes high standards of environmental consciousness and effective management of winter materials storage.  Another thirty-four (34) 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 San Antonio, TX.

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.  Among the 34 facilities cited for continuing excellence Buffalo Grove, IL, has won the excellence designation 19 times; Arlington Heights, IL has won 15 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 -- note website has facility photos.

2007 Excellence in Storage Winners

City of Olathe Salt Storage Facility, Olathe, KS

UDOT Station 4527 Beaver Salt Storage Facility, Beaver, UT

UDOT Station 2435 C. Lamar Richins Salt Storage Facility, Park City, UT

UDOT Station 4435 B Castle Gate Salt Storage Facility, Castle Gate, UT

UDOT Station 4524 Cedar City Salt Storage Facility, Cedar City, UT

UDOT Station 1427 Centerville Salt Storage Facility, Centerville, UT

UDOT Station 4435 Colton Salt Storage Facility, Colton, UT

UDOT Station 2438 Echo Canyon Salt Storage Facility, Echo, UT

UDOT Station 1425 Huntsville Salt Storage Facility, Huntsville, UT

UDOT Station 3427 Orem/Provo Salt Storage Facility, Orem, UT

UDOT Station 2430 Salt Lake Salt Storage Facility, Salt Lake City, UT

UDOT Station 2427 South Valley Salt Storage Facility, Draper, UT

UDOT Station 2438A Wahsatch Salt Storage Facility, Wahsatch, UT

UDOT Station 4434  Wellington Salt Storage Facility, Wellington, UT

UDOT Station 2424 West Valley City Salt Storage Facility, West Valley City, UT

2007 Continuing Excellence in Storage Awards

Beaver Township, Bloomsburg, PA

City of Bloomington, Bloomington, MN

City of Marquette, Marquette, MI

City of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON Canada

City of Roanoke, Public Works Salt Facility, Roanoke, VA

City of Springdale PW Dept.  Springdale, OH

City of West Des Moines Public Works West Des Moines, IA

Columbia County Highway & Trans. Supplementa/Regional/ Salt Facility Wyocena, WI

Copper Road Yard Winter Materials Storage Dome Brampton, ON Canada

Cranberry Township PWO, Cranberry, PA

Lockport Township Highway Dept.  Lockport, IL

McHenry County Highway Dept.  Woodstock, IL

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, Medford, NJ
New Jersey DOT West Deptford Yard #413, West Deptford, NJ

South Whitehall Township, Allentown, PA

Town of North Salem North Salem,NY

Town of Orangetown Highway Dept., Orangeburg, NY

Town of Yorktown Salt Shed, Yorktown Heights, NY

Village of Addison  Addison, IL

Village of Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, IL

Village of Buffalo Grove  Buffalo Grove,IL

Village of Mount Prospect PW, Mount Prospect, IL

Village of Northbrook  Northbrook, IL

Village of Orland Park Salt Storage Facility Orland Park, IL

Wright County Highway Dept. Salt Storage Facility Buffalo, MN

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