[CPEO-MEF] Lenny Siegel among 31 honored for EPA Western Environmental Award

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For Immediate Release: November 28, 2001 
EPA HONORS 31 WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES 
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SAN FRANCISCO During the agency's third annual Environmental Awards 
Ceremony in San Francisco today, U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Wayne 
Nastri presented plaques to 31 western organizations and individuals in 
recognition of their efforts to protect and preserve the environment in 
the year 2000.

"Today's honorees have applied creativity, teamwork and leadership in 
addressing many of the west's most pressing and complex environmental 
problems," Nastri said. "Thanks to the efforts of these individuals, our 
air, water and land will be cleaner and safer for generations to come. 
The winners set an example for all of us to follow."

The EPA Region 9 Environmental Awards program acknowledges commitment 
and significant contributions to the environment in California, Arizona, 
Nevada, Hawaii, Guam and tribal lands. Thirty one groups and individuals 
were selected from 100 nominees received this year from businesses, 
media, local, state and federal government officials, tribes, 
environmental organizations and citizen activists.
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Lenny Siegel, Director of Center for Public Environmental Oversight (San 
Francisco) Siegel is the director of Center for Public Environmental 
Oversight, which operates within San Francisco State University. For 
over a decade he has been an effective advisor to and advocate for 
communities across the country who are struggling with the legacy of 
contamination from military sites. The public, the military and 
regulatory agencies have recognized Siegel as an effective advocate for 
the protection of human health and the environment, and one who also 
understands the difficult issues posed by the cleanup and reuse of 
military bases. In addition to speaking engagements and public meeting 
participation, Siegel offers guidance on base closure and cleanup issues 
to the public through a widely distributed on-line listserver. The 
center also hosts conferences on technical clean-up issues, produces 
publications and manages a web-based environmental cleanup technology 
database. 

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