| Highlights from EPA’s Office of Public Engagement
August 10 to August 16, 2012 Table of Contents: 1. EPA and Federal Environmental Executive Honor Federal Electronics Stewardship Efforts 2. U.S. Attorney and EPA Announce Settlement with City of Fitchburg 3. Connect with EPA through Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, YouTube and Greenversations 1. EPA and Federal Environmental Executive Honor Federal Electronics Stewardship Efforts / Award winners have saved $7.8 million WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) Awards. The 2012 FEC Awards are being given to 33 federal facilities from ten different federal agencies. The activities of the winners resulted in $7.8 million savings in FY2011 and greenhouse gas emissions reductions equivalent to taking 6,000 passenger cars off the road for a year. This year’s FEC award winners include: ten Platinum Awards, five Gold Awards, ten Silver Awards and eight Bronze Awards. The 2012 FEC Award winners completed a variety of electronics stewardship activities in fiscal year 2011, including purchasing more than 105,000 green electronics registered with EPEAT; enabling power saving sleep features on more than 97 percent of their computers and monitors; and recycling more than 361,000 pounds of electronics. For the complete list of winners and more information on the FEC Award requirements: http://www.epa.gov/fec/awards.html#winners 2. U.S. Attorney and EPA Announce Settlement with City of Fitchburg (Boston, Mass.—August 15, 2012) Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Fitchburg, Mass. will pay a civil penalty of $141,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act. The City will also perform a Supplemental Environmental Project worth at least $100,000 and is implementing significant remedial measures to minimize future discharges of pollutants into the environment. The Consent Decree is the result of a federal enforcement action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts on behalf of the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection. The complaint alleges that Fitchburg violated conditions of its permit controlling combined sewer overflows, bypassed wastewater flows around its secondary treatment system, violated numeric effluent limits on hundreds of occasions, and discharged untreated overflows from the collection system without permit authorization. For full news release: http://go.usa.gov/70Y 3. Connect with EPA through Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, YouTube and Greenversations Use Foursquare to connect with EPA by checking into locations across the US, including research labs and regional sites. At locations across the country check in and learn about EPA programs and history. You can also view Documerica photos from the 1970s and learn how you can participate in our State of the Environment Photo Project. In the near future, you will be able to discover tips regarding EPA’s efforts to protect clean water. Follow us on Foursquare here: https://foursquare.com/epagov You can also connect with us on these other social media sites: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EPA Twitter: http://twitter.com/epagov Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/USEPAgov/featured Greenversations: http://www.epa.gov/greenversations/ More EPA social media: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/socialmedia.html Office of Public Engagement Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education Office of the Administrator / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Tel 202-564-4355 / PublicEngagement |
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