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EPA RECOGNIZES FOUR NEW HAMPSHIRE FACILITIES FOR THEIR WORK TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS

Release Date: 09/22/1999
Contact Information: Amy Miller, EPA Press Office (617-918-1042)

BOSTON - Four companies in New Hampshire were among 15 in New England recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their demonstrated commitment to environmental leadership.

The companies recognized as part of EPA-New England's StarTrack program were Dexter Corporation/Polymer Systems in Seabrook; Dexter Corporation/Electronic Materials in Londonderry; Environmental Soil Management Inc. in Loudon; and the Sanders A. Lockheed Martin Co. with plants in Hudson, Nashua, Litchfield, Manchester and Merrimack. The StarTrack program began in 1996 as a way to encourage facilities to become environmentally efficient while making better use of government resources.

The program works by rewarding those facilities that agree to complete three steps aimed at protecting the environment. The facilities agree to: audit their environmental management and compliance performance each year; publish an environmental performance report each year and have audit results reviewed and certified by an independent third party every three years.

By using a third party auditor rather than an EPA inspector, the company helps make more efficient use of public and private resources. The yearly performance reports increase public understanding of a facility's environmental performance. In return for their efforts, StarTrack companies get such benefits as limited amnesty on penalties for violations and public recognition.

"Companies like these in New Hampshire are doing exemplary work developing and monitoring their own environmental systems," said John P. DeVillars, EPA's New England Administrator, who spoke at today's event. "That's good for the environment and good for taxpayers because it allows EPA to channel its energies to other, less environmentally responsible companies."

The companies in New Hampshire are:

• Dexter Corporation/Polymer Systems, with 100 employees, makes adhesives and solutions to help release products from molds.
• Dexter Corporation/Electronic Materials has 56 employees and makes chemicals used in the production of circuit boards.
• Environmental Soil Management Inc., with 30 employees, remediates industrially-impacted soils.
• Sanders A. Lockheed Martin Co. has 4,200 employees and manufactures advanced electronic systems for the electronic defense market.

In Massachusetts: EG&G Optoelectronics in Salem; GAF Materials Corp. in Millis; Spalding Sports in Chicope; Texas Instruments/ Materials &Controls Group in Attleboro, and the US Coast Guard Air Station on Cape Cod.

In Connecticut: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in Stamford.; US Postal Service in Hartford and Unilever HPC in Clinton.

In Rhode Island: Toray Plastics in North Kingston.

In Maine: BOC Gases of Kittery and International Paper Company's Androscoggin Mill of Jay.