| May 9, 2003
News Release Five companies in Seattle, Renton, Bellevue and Woodinville have earned a Commitment-to-Compliance Award from the Industrial Waste Program of King County's Wastewater Treatment Division. Eighty-three companies earned other environmental awards for complying with discharge regulations in 2002. The top five companies are Time Oil Co. in Seattle's Magnolia area and Industrial Container Services Inc. in Seattle's Duwamish industrial area; Boeing Commercial Airplane, Renton; Circuit Services WorldWide LLC, Bellevue; and Universal Sheet Metal Inc., Woodinville. The Commitment-to-Compliance Award honors companies that protected public health and the environment by discharging wastewater every month for five years with no violations of any kind. Sixty-three companies earned a Gold Award for discharging wastewater every month in 2002 with no violations. And 20 companies earned a Silver Award for having no monitoring violations during the year. Note to editors and reporters: All award winners and their locations are listed below. "The King County Industrial Waste Program commends these businesses and facilities for their care protecting the environment by pretreating the industrial wastewater they discharge into the sewerage system," said Don Theiler, Wastewater Treatment Division director. Every year, King County recognizes significant industrial users of the sewer system that have maintained an excellent record of compliance with King County's industrial waste discharge regulations for the previous calendar year. King County's industrial pretreatment regulations are designed to prevent businesses from discharging substances that can degrade the wastewater treatment process, harm workers, damage facilities or reduce surface-water quality. For more information about the King County Industrial Waste Program, visit its Web site. The county's wastewater treatment utility protects public health and water quality by serving 18 cities, 15 sewer districts and more than 1.4 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Award Winners, King County Industrial Waste Program Commitment-to-Compliance Award 2002 Boeing Commercial Airplane, Renton Circuit Services WorldWide LLC, Bellevue Industrial Container Services Inc., Seattle Time Oil Co., Seattle Universal Sheet Metal Inc., Woodinville Gold Awards 2002 Auburn: Skills Inc. Universal Brass Inc. Bellevue: Circuit Services WorldWide LLC Safeway Inc. -- Beverage Plant Weyerhaeuser Co. Bothell: Amgen Corp. Circuits Engineering Inc. Crane-Eldec Corp. -- North Creek Facility Issaquah: Circuit Partners Inc. Kent: B.S.B. Diversified Co. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Burlington Environmental Davis Wire Corp. Green Garden Food Products Inc. Pacific Metallurgical Puget Sound Energy Rexam Beverage Can Co. Seattle Solid Waste -- Kent Highlands Landfill Smith Fabrication Inc. Vectra Fitness Western Processing Trust Fund II Kirkland: Western Pneumatic Tube Maple Valley: King County Solid Waste -- Cedar Hills Landfill Newcastle: Coal Creek Development Corp. -- Landmarc Technologies Lynnwood: Crane-Eldec Corp. -- Martha Lake Facility Redmond: I-90 Express Finishing Renton: Boeing Commercial Airplane Boeing Electronics Center Kenworth Truck Co. King County Road Services Division -- Renton Decant Station Seattle: Alaskan Copper Works -- Sixth Avenue Baker Commodities Inc. Boeing Commercial Airplane -- North Field Bunge Foods Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad Co. Carnitech US Inc. Color Tech Emerald Recycling Foss Maritime Co. GM Nameplate Inc. Industrial Container Services Inc. Industrial Plating Corp. Interstate Brands Corp. - Hostess Magnetic and Penetrant Services Co. Marine Vacuum Service Mastercraft Metal Finishing Inc. Oberto Sausage Co. -- Airport Way Pacific Iron & Metal Pepsi-Cola Co. Philip Environmental Services Corp. Pioneer Human Services Seattle Barrel Co. Seattle FilmWorks Manufacturing/PhotoWorks Inc. Skills Inc. Time Oil Co. Vitamilk Dairy Inc. Tukwila: Shasta Beverages Woodinville: Precor USA -- Plant 1 Precor USA -- Plant 2 Redhook Brewing Co. Stockpot Inc. Universal Sheet Metal Inc. Silver Awards 2002 Auburn: Tri-Way Industries Bothell: Genie Industries -- Building 11 -- Canyon Park Plant Issaquah: Siemens Medical Solutions USA -- Ultrasound Group Kenmore: Glacier Northwest Kent: Electrofinishing Inc. Flow International Corp. Hytek Finishes Northstar Beverage Co. Surftech Finishes Co. Western Metal Arts Kirkland: Quality Finishing Inc. Redmond: Genie Industries -- Buildings 3 & 4 Genie Industries -- Buildings 6 & 7 - Scissors Plant Prototron Circuits Inc. Maple Valley: Cedar Grove Composting Renton: A.O. Smith Water Products Co. Seattle: Arco Petroleum Products Co. -- Seattle Terminal Asko Processing Emerald Sanitary Services LLC Tukwila: Costco Wholesale Related Information
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