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| (Left) IEPA Deputy Director
Bernard Killian, on behalf of the Agency, on April 6, accepted
a special "Loyalty Award" from University of Illinois
at Springfield Chancellor Richard Ringeisen recognizing the
agency's leadership for three decades in mentoring Graduate
Public Service Interns (GPSI). (Right) Darien Siddall, a GPSI
intern in the IEPA's Office of Brownfields Assistance, is one
of 32 current interns, and spoke of his sense of accomplishment
assisting communities to obtain grants for cleanups of contaminated
sites for redevelopment. |
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| U.S. Navy Captain Reme Hemstreet,
Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest,
presented Director Renee Cipriano with two plaques recognizing
IEPA's assistance with cleanup and permitting for the Naval
Station Great Lakes and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Midwest during a meeting with IEPA staff on March 22. Front
row(left to right): Brian Conrath, IEPA Bureau of Land; Anatoly
Belogrosky, IEPA Bureau of Air; Captain Hemstreet; Director
Cipriano; Mark Schultz, U.S. Navy Regional Environmental Program
Director. Back row(left to right): Clarence Smith, IEPA Bureau
of Land; Blayne Kirsch, U.S. Navy Environmental Services Coordinator;
Bob Carson, IEPA Bureau of Land; Don Sutton, IEPA Bureau of
Air. |
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| IEPA Bureau of Land Chief Bill Child
(left) presented a proclamation from Governor Rod Blagojevich
recognizing the 60th Annual Lincoln Trail Hike, to Warren Smith,
Unit Commissioner from Boy Scouts of America Abraham Lincoln
Council, Lincoln Home District. For the 11th consecutive year,
IEPA staff volunteers provided support services to more than
1,300 Scouts who picked up litter along the 20-mile trail between
Petersburg and Springfield on April 23. |
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| Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano
(center) joined Naperville Mayor George Pradel (right) and Director
of Public Works Allan Poole (left) to celebrate Earth Day 2005
and to praise Naperville's Renewable Energy Option in which
citizens can sign up to use wind and other renewable power sources. |
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