To: Members & Subscribers From: National Office Date: February 10, 1997 Re: RA 97-3 1997 Nomination Guidance For The
EPA Beneficial Use Of Biosolids Awards ProgramEnclosed, for your information, is a brochure containing the 1997 nomination guidelines for the EPA 1996 Beneficial Use of Biosolids Awards Program. Because this program involves both National and Regional awards, the Association encourages its member agencies to submit applications for consideration of such recognition.
The brochure describes the awards program in detail and gives guidance for preparing and submitting nominations. Nominations will be accepted to recognize excellence in a wide range of activities that have stimulated beneficial use of municipal biosolids. National awards will be presented in the following four categories:
- Operating projects (large & small);
- Technology development activities;;
- Research activities; and
- Public acceptance activities.
These awards help demonstrate the operational viability of biosolids management practices which beneficially use biosolids in a manner which is environmentally safe, economically attractive, and acceptable to the public. Applicants should check with their Regional Office contact (listed on page 10) for any Region-specific nomination guidance and submission deadlines. The tentative deadlines (see page 9) indicate the submission deadlines, which range from mid-March to mid-May 1997, for each of the EPA regions.
The 1996 National Beneficial Use of Biosolids Awards will be announced in October 1997, at the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
ATTACHMENTS
- 1997 Nomination for the EPA Beneficial Use of Biosolids Awards Program (Please call AMSA's National Office at (202) 833 AMSA for a copy of the document.