[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Awards $77, 150 Grant for Abandoned Vehicle Removal in Graham County

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ADEQ Director Owens Awards $77,150 Grant for Abandoned Vehicle Removal
in Graham County

PHOENIX (June 22, 2007) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens today announced that the department has
awarded a $77,150 grant to remove 400 abandoned vehicles from washes
along the Gila River in Graham County. 

Under the grant, the Gila Watershed Partnership will identify the
abandoned vehicles, obtain titles and tow the vehicles to a salvage
yard. Hazardous fluids and parts containing hazardous material will be
removed, and a salvage company will be hired to crush the vehicles and
remove them for recycling.

"These funds will help protect the Gila River," Director Owens said. "We
are pleased to support this important local effort."

The grant is funded with federal dollars provided to ADEQ under the
Clean Water Act. 

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News media interested in additional information on this or any other
topic concerning the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality should
contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
communications@azdeq.gov.


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