ELIGIBILITY
Nominations will be accepted from individuals, organizations or businesses. You may nominate yourself or your company/organization as well as another company, individual or organization you believe is worthy of recognition. Self nominations in the Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Leadership categories will not be accepted. Applicants/ projects must:
- Be located in New Jersey, and;
- Be active within the past year, and;
- Agree to have their project shared with others through a written description to appear in an awards program and on the GEEA website (http://www.nj.gov/dep/eeawards/).
Third party nominations must be accompanied by a written authorization from the nominated party agreeing to consideration for the award.
Applications may not be submitted by employees of the DEP. The DEP, other State agencies and their employees are not eligible for awards.
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JUDGING CRITERIA
All applicants must answer the following
five questions. The answer to each question may not exceed
one typewritten page.
1. DOCUMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT (30 Points)
What
is your best documentable estimate of the overall environmental
benefits of this program/project or individual accomplishment over the
past year? For example: pollution prevented, resources or energy conserved,
etc.
2.
MEETING NEEDS (20 points)
How does this program/project
or individual accomplishment contribute to the environmental
needs of the state of New Jersey? Describe such issues as originality,
effectiveness in improving existing methods of meeting this need
and the risks that were overcome.
3. LEADERSHIP/INNOVATION
(15 points)
How
does this program/project or individual show leadership and
take steps beyond “traditional” environmental
protection efforts?
4. COVERAGE AND REPLICABILITY
(20 points)
How
does this program, project or individual have a long-term
impact on their business, community, region or the state?
How replicable is the project to other areas i.e., across
media areas, into other locations, industries or states?
5.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH (15 points)
What
education and/or outreach activities were undertaken for
affected individuals (employees, stakeholders, contractors, consultants
etc.)? How can others in a similar line of work use what has been done
to learn from these efforts?
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SCORING/EVALUATING
A panel of judges from the NJ Department of Environmental
Protection management staff and Board of Directors of NJCAT will evaluate
all applications.
Each of the judging a criterion has an associated
point value identified in the aforementioned judging criteria section. Total
possible points for each applicant is 100. Applications will only be
scored on the answers to the five judging criteria. It is, therefore,
not necessary to submit extraneous materials as they will not benefit
your application.
The administrators of the awards program reserve the
right not to give an award in any category. All decisions of the
judges are final.
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SUBMITTALS AND DEADLINES
Please submit three (3) copies of your application and responses to the five judging criteria to the NJDEP Office of the Commissioner, at the address below, by close of business on September 18, 2009.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Office of the Commissioner
401 E. State Street
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Attention: Barbara Marshall
- Award recipients will be notified in November 2009.
- Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony hosted by the Governor in December.
- Award winners will be offered the opportunity to submit a poster on their project for display at the awards ceremony.
- For further information, contact Dean Anderson in the Office of the Commissioner at (609) 292-2885.
- All entries are public information.
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AWARD
CATEGORIES (select one)
One award will be issued in each of the nine categories listed below. You must identify the category of your nomination on the attached application form.
CLEAN AIR - Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following areas and activities:
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions or equivalents through energy efficiency projects or green power purchases.
- Reducing outdoor exposure to toxic air contaminants.
- Reducing air deposition loading to land and water.
WATER RESOURCES - Nominees in this category should demonstrate a positive influence in one or more of the following areas and activities:
- Improving surface or ground water quality.
- Ensuring sufficient quantities of water through reuse and conservation techniques.
- Promoting or developing progressive land use policies and watershed management approaches to improve protection of surface and groundwater sources.
To apply for the Clean Water New Jersey Program Category Award for projects involving Municipal Stormwater Regulation, please visit www.cleanwaternj.org
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS - Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in programs or techniques that have resulted in the restoration, protection and enhancement of the State’s ecological resources: including wetlands, estuaries, coastal areas; and, non-game and endangered species.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY - Nominees in this category should demonstrate the use or deployment of a new or alternative technology or technological practice (method, procedure, process, system or facility), which results in greater continuous environmental protection than other technologies in current practice or comparable results at lower costs in terms of energy, economics or environmental impacts.
LAND CONSERVATION - Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in the preservation of open space that protects land from future development.
SUSTAINABLE & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES - Nominees in this category should demonstrate a commitment to and experience in one or more of the following activities:
- Activities that support the creation of sustainable communities including, but not limited to: implementation of greenhouse gas emission, energy and/or water reduction strategies; green and/or local purchasing programs, or; land use planning that encourages sustainable practices.
- Any activity that reduces or eliminates pollution/waste at the source or treats the materials in an environmentally safe manner prior to recycling or disposal.
- Innovative practices or technologies that have resulted in the private or public sector cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated/brownfields sites.
- Creation of community-based initiatives that foster involvement, action and effective solutions to the adverse effects of industrial pollution in communities of color and low-income communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION/STUDENT LED PROJECT - This award will be given to an educator, student, group of students or class that has planned and implemented a project/program with measurable positive environmental impacts.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP - This award will be given to an individual who volunteers their time with an environmental, academic or community-based organization in the state.
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP - This award will be given to an individual who has shown leadership in the promotion of environmental protection in their profession.
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