BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
ENTERS DEP PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE
Bristol-Myers-Squibb Co. has become the
seventh organization in New Jersey to be accepted into a
new state program that promotes pollution prevention and
environmental excellence.
At a signing ceremony at the company's
Lawrenceville facility today, State Environmental Protection
Commissioner Bob Shinn praised the firm's management and
employees for its actions that made it eligible to participate
in the state's Silver & Gold Track Program for Environmental
Performance. To be eligible, a company must have a good
environmental record for the past five years, with all plans,
permits and approvals in good standing.
"This is a voluntary, incentive-based program
that initiates an exciting, partnership approach to more
effective environmental management in New Jersey," said
Commissioner Shinn. "We are committed to proving that when
businesses focus on pollution prevention, energy conservation,
innovative technologies and recycling, it's good for business,
and good for the environment."
Under the Department of Environmental Protection's
(DEP) Silver Track program, eligible companies are provided
incentives such as public recognition, expedited permit
processing, and a single point of contact within DEP, for
committing to achieve demonstrable and measurable improvements
in their environmental performance. In the second level
of the program, Silver Track II, participants must also
achieve verifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
and, in turn, are offered a limited degree of operational
flexibility. In the third level, Gold Track, participants
also must reduce other hazardous air pollutants, commit
to enhanced handling, treatment and storage of hazardous
wastes, reduce water consumption and water discharges and
undertake other energy efficiency and pollution prevention
activities.
The Bristol-Myers Squibb facilities in
Lawrenceville and Hopewell are participating in the Silver
Track program. Other Silver Track participants include the
National Energy Group facilities in Logan Twp. and Carney's
Point, Stepan Co. in Fieldsboro, New Jersey Air National
Guard, 177th Fighter Wing in Egg Harbor Twp., and the Naval
Air Engineering Station in Lakehurst.
For more information on the program, contact
the DEP Office of Pollution Prevention and Permit Coordination
at 609-292-3600 or visit www.state.nj.us/dep.
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