North Carolina, Other States to Work on 
Pollution Prevention Approaches

RALEIGH – North Carolina, a leader in pollution prevention programs, hosted representatives from several other states in a meeting May 14 and 15 in Cary to call attention to partnerships and voluntary programs that offer better management of environmental assets.

Henry Lancaster, deputy secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), joined representatives of the other states and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in signing a Memorandum of Agreement that pledges cooperation on projects to improve the environment.

The meeting also enabled the states to recognize some firms in North Carolina that are designing and implementing environmental management systems.

These firms are Motorola, Research Triangle Park; Honda Power Equipment, Sweponsville; Exide Electronics, Raleigh; Lufkin/Cooper Tools, Apex; Konica Manufacturing USA Inc., Whitset; and the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville.

North Carolina is working with other states on a Multi-State Working Group seeking to stage a national test of ISO 14001, a global effort to develop uniform approaches to environmental protection. Other state participants are Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

DENR's partnership with the firms involved in the awards ceremony has been linked to international efforts. Businesses, state government, public interest groups and the EPA are project sponsors.

For more information about the project, contact the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, 1639 MAIL SERVICE CENTER, Raleigh, NC 27626, or (919) 715-6500.

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