Environmental Amnesty Is Now Available to
Small Printers and Autobody and Repair Shops Statewide
For Immediate Release
Feb. 9, 1996 |
Contact: Geoff Sutton
217-785-8786
217-782-9143 (TDD) |
Springfield, Ill. -- An environmental-amnesty program
cosponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
(DCCA) is being offered to selected industry sectors statewide.
The program, called Clean Break, is intended to guide businesses
having 200 or fewer full-time employees into environmental
compliance, without fear of prosecution by state authorities.
Begun as an experiment in the Rockford area last year, Clean
Break is concentrating on printers and autobody and repair shops
through June 1996, after which its focus will shift to other
industries.
"We selected printers and autobody and repair shops to
initiate statewide implementation," explained Illinois EPA
Director Mary A. Gade, "because the associations
representing these industries expressed their interest in
environmental amnesty, and because these industries are facing
new clean-air permit requirements in ozone nonattainment areas in
the Chicago and East St. Louis metropolitan regions."
Firms seeking environmental amnesty can learn what steps, if
any, are required to comply with environmental rules and
regulations. Companies opting for site visits may additionally
benefit: Illinois EPA field personnel can often identify and
recommend pollution-prevention techniques that can significantly
reduce or eliminate costs associated with waste disposal.
For more information, or to join Clean Break, call DCCA at
800-252-3998. All business names will be kept anonymous upon
request.
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