FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 7, 2012
CONTACT: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ’s enHANCE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
New Website Launched
(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is accepting applications for its enHance program now through October 15. Applicants can find more information about the program and fill out an application on the new website available at www.enhance.ms or www.deq.state.ms.us/enhance.
enHance is a voluntary stewardship program that recognizes committed environmental leaders who accomplish goals beyond their legal requirements. enHance is open to facilities, cities, and other entities who are interested in the program. Applicants can choose from three tiers: Leader, Steward, or Associate.
Current enHance members:
Leaders
►Baxter International (Cleveland)
►Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions (Oxford)
►Eka Chemicals (Columbus)
►International Paper (Redwood)
►Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) (Gulfport)
►Nucor/General Recycling (Flowood)
►Southern Natural Gas - Pickens Station (Pickens)
►14th Flying Training Wing/Columbus Air Force Base (Columbus)
►The Cooper Tire Company (Tupelo)
►Custom Engineered Wheels (Tupelo)
►Flexsteel Commercial Seating Division (Starkville)
►Nissan North America, Inc. Canton Manufacturing Plant (Canton)
►Leaf River Cellulose, LLC (New Augusta)
►Northrop Grumman (Moss Point)
►Super Sagless (Tupelo)
►Southern Natural Gas Company - Onward Compressor Station (Cary).
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Stewards
►Hunter Douglas (Tupelo)
►Columbus Brick (Columbus)
►DTE Petcoke (Vicksburg)
►Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Gulfport)
►Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Ocean Springs)
►Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Pascagoula)
►Ark-Ell Springs (Houlka)
►Zeon Chemicals Mississippi Plant (Hattiesburg)
►City of Ridgeland
►City of Southaven
►City of Quitman
►City of Hernando.
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Associates
►GDF Suez Choctaw Gas Generation (Ackerman)
►GDF Suez Red Hills Power Plant (Ackerman)
►Gulf States Manufacturers - a Nucor Company (Starkville)
►U.S. Government Printing Office (Stennis Space Center).
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