[ADEQ Media] ADEQ and Director Owens Honored as 'Clean Air Champions' by Clean Cities Coalitions

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ADEQ and Director Owens Honored as 'Clean Air Champions' by Clean Cities
Coalitions

PHOENIX (April 11, 2008) - The Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality and Director Steve Owens have been honored as "Clean Air
Champions" by the Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. and the
Tucson Regional Clean Cities Coalition.

Owens and ADEQ were selected for the "continuing leadership you have
demonstrated in the pursuit of improved air quality," according to the
Clean Cities Coalition groups.

One "outstanding example of this dedication," according to the groups,
is ADEQ's innovative School Bus Idle Reduction Program, which hundreds
of school districts around the state have implemented to drastically
reduce harmful bus emissions in areas where students congregate.

The School Bus Idle Reduction Program "addresses the very heart of the
need to protect the health of our younger citizens," according to the
Clean Cities Coalition groups. "We also honor the contribution of your
staff in dedicating their time and effort to help improve the quality of
life here in the Valley of the Sun."

Director Owens said he and ADEQ staff take great pride in the award.

"This is a great honor, and it highlights the terrific work this
department does in protecting the health of all Arizona residents,
especially our children," Owens said.

The Clean Cities Coalitions are chartered by the U.S. Department of
Energy with the goals of enforcing the standards of the Clean Air Act
and energy security under the Energy Policy 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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