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Employees of the Month
Each month, the Illinois EPA recognizes outstanding employees
for making quality part of every job they do. Below are three Agency Employees of the
Month for the most recent quarter. Congratulations to all of them for a quality job well
done!
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Heather Nifong, Office of Community Relations, Associate
Director's office, was the June Employee of the Month. She was recognized for her ability
to clearly communicate, both within and outside the Agency, information about such complex
enforcement issues as the Tiered Approach to Corrective Action (TACO) rules. Her skill in
explaining programs in a manner understandable to people unfamiliar with Agency programs,
as well as her training work with interns, also contributed to her recognition. |
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Bob Hite, in the Bureau of Water's Field Operations Section,
Marion regional office, was selected Employee of the Month for July. In addition to
supervising the Marion office's stream, lake and watershed programs, and updating the
Methods Manual, he also leads intensive stream surveys. Bob co-chaired the Biological
Stream Characterization Work Group, a multi-Agency effort for biological assessment of
Illinois stream quality, which produced an Illinois EPA report widely used both within and
outside Illinois. |
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Brenda Hillen, who works in the Division of Laboratories'
Springfield organic lab, was selected as the August Employee of the Month. She helped
solve an extraction problem in Method 525 drinking water analysis, reducing required
resamplings to less than 5 percent. This resulted in substantial savings in time and
materials as well as the cost of a second mailing to operators. Subsequently, she aided in
incorporating polychlorinated biphenyls analysis into the Method 525 procedure, realizing
significant financial savings while freeing up two laboratory analysts for other duties. |
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