EPA Recognizes C.W. Matthews Construction Company, Inc. For Outstanding Environmental Achievement.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 1997--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and today presented its "Community Partnership Award" to C.W. Matthews Construction Company Inc. Mr. Bob Matthews, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President, accepted the award for the company. "The management of C.W. Matthews Construction Company is a outstanding example of what private industry can do to help clean up the environment," said John H. Hankinson, Jr., EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Regional Administrator in Atlanta. "Their commitment to a major cleanup along the riverbank demonstrates the importance of public and private partnerships." EPA presented the award to the company for its outstanding accomplishment in the cleanup and restoration of the Riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) Habitat on the Chattahoochee River Chattahoochee River River, southeastern U.S. Rising in northeastern Georgia, it flows southwest to the Alabama border and then south, forming a section of the Alabama-Georgia and Georgia-Florida boundaries, to join the Flint River at Chattahoochee, Fla. near its Plant 14- Bolton Asphalt Plant in Smyrna. The plant, which produces asphalt and recycles old road covering, is located on S. Atlanta Road in Smyrna, downriver down·riv·er adv. & adj. Toward or near the mouth of a river; in the direction of the current: swam downriver; a downriver canoe race. Adv. 1. from the Fulton and Cobb County sewage treatment plants and directly across the river from the City of Atlanta's R.M. Clayton sewage plant.. To date, the company has spent more than $350,000 to clean up and restore an area which runs approximately 800 feet along the river. These efforts include: -- removal of a 100-ton stockpile of used asphalt, trash, and old tires from the riverbank; -- reconfiguration and stabilization of the bermed slope; and -- construction of a large detention basin to control storm water runoff. CONTACT: EPA Press Office Carl Terry, 404/562-8325 |
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