enHance is a voluntary stewardship program that recognizes committed environmental leaders who accomplish goals beyond their legal requirements. enHance is open to facilities, cities, counties, and other entities who are interested in the program, and applicants can choose from three tiers: Associate, Steward, or Leader.

“We are pleased that Leaf River Cellulose has been accepted as a Leader in this new class. They have been a productive member as a Steward, and we are glad they took the steps to become a Leader,” said Trudy Fisher, MDEQ Executive Director.

enHance’s 2011 class:

Leaders
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)
Southern Natural Gas - Onward Compressor Station (Cary)

Membership Level Change (from Steward to Leader)
Leaf River Cellulose, LLC (New Augusta)

Stewards
The City of Ridgeland
Zeon Chemicals Mississippi Plant (Hattiesburg)

Associate
U.S. Government Printing Office (Stennis Space Center)

Current enHance members:

Leaders --Baxter International (Cleveland), Caterpillar High Performance Extrusions (Oxford), Eka Chemicals (Columbus), Haworth (Bruce), Hunter Douglas (Tupelo), International Paper (Redwood), Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) (Gulfport), Nucor/General Recycling (Flowood), and Southern Natural Gas - Pickens Station (Pickens).
Stewards -- Columbus Brick (Columbus), DTE Petcoke (Vicksburg), Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Gulfport), Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Ocean Springs), and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Pascagoula).
Associates -- GDF Suez Choctaw Gas Generation (Ackerman), GDF Suez Red Hills Power Plant (Ackerman), and Gulf States Manufacturers - a Nucor Company (Starkville).

Information about the program is available at: http://www.deq.state.ms.us/enhance.