Companies earn environmental awards for complying with King County regulations

June 25, 2008

Companies earn environmental awards for complying with King County regulations

Four companies recently earned top environmental compliance awards for meeting or exceeding King County's water quality permit regulations in 2007. The county also presented environmental awards to 74 other companies.

Companies earning the top Commitment-to-Compliance Award are Arco/BP Petroleum Products Co., Seattle; Avtech Corp., Seattle; Boeing Commercial Airplane, Renton; and Glacier Northwest Inc. in Kenmore.

The Commitment-to-Compliance Award honors companies that have protected public health and the environment by discharging wastewater every month for five years with no violations of any kind.

The county's Industrial Waste Program also presented a Gold Award to 56 companies for discharging wastewater every month in 2007 with no violations. And 18 companies earned a Silver Award for having no discharge monitoring violations in 2007.

King County's industrial waste regulations protect public health and the environment by preventing businesses from discharging substances that can degrade wastewater treatment, harm workers, damage facilities or reduce surface-water quality.

Since 1969, the Industrial Waste Program has required many industries to pretreat wastewater before discharging it into the sewer. The program does more than enforce regulations, however. It also helps businesses meet regulations by educating them about pollution prevention, waste reduction and water reuse.

For more information about the program, visit the Web site at http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/indwaste/Awards.htm

Note to editors and reporters: All award winners are listed as follows:

2007 Commitment-to-Compliance Award Winners
Arco/BP Petroleum Products Co.
Avtech Corp
Boeing Commercial Airplane - Renton
Glacier Northwest Inc. - Kenmore

2007 Gold Certificate Award Winners
Acu-Line Corp.
Aero Controls Inc. - 20th Street NW
Alaskan Copper Works - 6th Avenue
A. O. Smith Water Products Co.
Amgen Corp. - Bothell
Arco/BP Petroleum Products Co.
Avtech Corp.
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.
Bayer HealthCare - Bothell
Bayer HealthCare - Seattle
Bayer HealthCare - Lynnwood
Boeing Commercial Airplane - North Field
Boeing Commercial Airplane - Renton
Carl Zapffe Inc.
Container Properties, LLC
Dawn Food Products Inc.
Exotic Metals Forming Co.
Express Finishing
Genie Industries - Bldg. 2 - Moosewerks Plant
Glacier Northwest, Inc. - Kenmore
GM Nameplate Inc.
Hexcel Corp.
Honeywell International Inc.
Hytek Finishes Co.
Industrial Container Services
Interstate Brands Corp. - Hostess
Kenworth Truck Co.
King County Solid Waste Division- Cedar Hills Landfill
King County Wastewater Treatment Division - Brightwater Conveyance System
Magnetic and Penetrant Services Co.
Mastercraft Metal Finishing Inc.
Metro Transit South Base/Component Supply Center
Mikron Industries
Oberto Sausage Co. - Kent
Pacific Iron and Metal
Pioneer Industries
Precor Inc. - Plant 1
Precor Inc. - Plant 2
Prototron Circuits Inc.
Quality Finishing Inc.
Rexam Beverage Can Co.
Safeway Inc. - Bellevue Beverage Plant
Seattle Barrel Co.
Seattle Solid Waste - Kent Highlands Landfill
Skills Inc. - Auburn Facility
Skills Inc. - Ballard Facility
Smith Fabrication Inc.
TOC Holdings Co.
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Tri-Way Industries
Universal Brass Inc.
Universal Manufacturing
Universal Sheet Metal Inc.
Vectra Fitness Inc.
Viox Corp.
Washington Technology Center
Weyerhaeuser Co.

2007 Silver Certificate Award Winners
Aerojet - General Corp.
Amgen Corp. - Seattle
The Boeing Co. - Plant 2 Facility
Boeing Electronics Center
Burlington Environmental - Kent
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway - Interbay Facility
Cedar Grove Composting Inc.
Circuit Services WorldWide
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Washington
Crane-Eldec Corp. - Martha Lake Facility
Davis Wire Corp.
G & K Services
Genie Industries - Bldgs. 3 & 4
King County Wastewater Treatment Division - Brightwater Conveyance System II
Marine Vacuum Service
Pepsi-Cola Co.
Redhook Brewing Co.
Romac Inc.
WestFarm Foods/Darigold - Rainier

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People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county's Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health and water quality by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer districts and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for more than 40 years.

Note to editors and reporters: Visit the WTD Newsroom, a portal to information for the news media about the Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wtd/newsroom/.

King County Wastewater Treatment Division