SOURCE: Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Industries Honored for Being "Good Corporate Citizens"
WHITTIER, CA--(Marketwire - July 9, 2009) - Certificates of Recognition were sent to 408 companies by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County for being "good corporate citizens" for the year 2008. These companies were consistent in their compliance with all their industrial wastewater discharge requirements. They met their limits for wastewater discharge, were free from any notices of violation, maintained their environmental equipment and fulfilled their permit requirements. Seventy-one of the companies have received this recognition for the last five or more consecutive years.
"As far as we're concerned, the 408 industries receiving certificates are our model citizens," notes Steve Maguin, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Sanitation Districts. "We appreciate their effort, particularly in these challenging economic times, because it makes our job of running a huge wastewater collection and treatment system so much easier." Mr. Maguin announced the certificate awardees at the meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
"The recipients of these awards are pleased to receive them, knowing that the Sanitation Districts view industry as a partner in the effort to protect the environment," notes Sam Bell, Vice President of Metal Surfaces, Inc., of Bell Gardens and chair of the Industry Advisory Council. "We hope this will continue to be an award that is sought after by industry and recognized by the public. The Sanitation Districts have always worked closely with industry, and recognizing industry for conscientious compliance is a further step to encourage companies to meet regulations, protect the environment, and save water and energy."
The idea for the Certificates of Recognition originated with the Sanitation Districts' Industry Advisory Council, an advisory group of 21 representatives from different industrial sectors. The Council and the Sanitation Districts felt it was important that industries with good compliance records be recognized. The Recognition Program is now in its thirteenth year.
"This is a great example of private industry working with regulators for economic and environmental benefits," said Cynthia Kurtz, President and CEO of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership. "Their determination and innovation show that we can support the economy while maintaining our quality of life."
"The Districts hope this Recognition Program will further strengthen the relationship of government and industry working together for a better environment and a sustaining economy," added Paul Martyn, head of the Sanitation Districts' Industrial Waste Section.
The Sanitation Districts are a partnership of independent special districts serving over 5 million people in 78 cities and the unincorporated territory within Los Angeles County. The Sanitation Districts provide environmentally sound, cost effective wastewater and solid waste management, and in the process convert waste into resources such as reclaimed water, energy, and recycled materials.
Alhambra Ortel, a division of EMCORE Arcadia Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. Siimpel Corporation(5) Artesia Thrifty Oil Co.(2) Azusa Archcom Technology Inc. Brothers Plating Cardinal Laboratories Inc.(4) Criterion Catalyst Company LP(2) Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems(6) Reichhold, Inc.(5) Rick's Radiator(3) S & S Foods(4) Universal Metal Polishing(5) Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC(8) Baldwin Park Arroyo Craftsman Lighting Inc.(5) BPOU LLC - Arrow Highway BPOU LLC - Puente Avenue Miyako Oriental Food, Inc.(4) Bell Custom Building Products, Inc. Bell Gardens Certi-Fresh Foods, Inc.(2) Metal Surfaces, Inc. Wei-Chuan USA Inc.(2) Bellflower ExxonMobil Corp.(3) Mac's Radiator Service, Inc.(5) Carson Advanced Machine & Stretchform International Inc.(2) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(5) Barton Brands, Ltd.(3) BP West Coast Products - Carson Refinery Carson Cogeneration Co. (Site 1)(9) Carson Cogeneration Co. (Site 2)(5) ConocoPhillips(4) Daico Industries Inc.(7) Giuliano's Delicatessen & Bakery(2) Hydroform USA Ineos Polypropylene LLC K.T.'s Kitchens, Inc. Marchem Technologies LLC Prudential Overall Supply(6) Research Tool & Die Works Inc.(5) Sanyo Solar (USA) LLC Stauffer Management Company LLC(4) Thrifty Oil Co. Thrifty Oil Inc. West Basin Municipal Water District(2) West Coast Aerospace, Inc.(7) Cerritos Prudential Overall Supply City of Commerce Adel Wiggins Group(7) Amvac Chemical Corporation(5) Ashland Chemical Company(2) ATK Space Systems, Inc. Atlas Carpet Mills(4) BNSF Railway Co. BNSF Railway Company(5) California Water Service - Commerce District Calstrip Steel Corp. Contessa Premium Foods, Inc. Engineered Polymer Solutions(2) Huhtamaki Consumer Packaging, Inc.(7) International Iron Works Inc. Mission Foods Newark Pacific Paperboard Corp.(5) Progressive Produce Corp.(2) Ramcar Battery Inc.(9) Romac Supply Co. Soft Gel Technologies, Inc.(2) Sterling Pacific Meat Co.(2) Sunrise Produce Company Univar USA Inc.(3) Vintage Production California LLC Vintage Production California LLC Unincorporated L. A. County Lafayette Textile Ind LLC(5) City of Industry AdTech Optics, Inc. Allfast Fastening Systems Inc.(2) Alum A Fold Pacific Inc.(3) Bentley Prince Street Inc.(4) Cardinal Industrial Finishes Earth Textile Development LLC(2) Genuine Parts Distributors/Tomadur Engine Company Great River Food Henkel Corporation(4) Hill Brothers Chemical Co. Kim Lighting Inc.(4) Lights of America Inc. O'Tasty Foods Inc. PAC Foundries Industry(3) Pactiv Corp.(5) Performance Sheets LLC Physicians Formula Cosmetics, Inc.(2) Quemetco, Inc.(3) San Gabriel Valley Water Company Shell Oil Products US(4) Teknor Apex Company - Maclin Division(9) Zausner Foods dba Fleur de Lait West(4) Claremont King Precision Glass, Inc. Compton Akiyama Tsukemono California Inc.(3) Atlantic Richfield Company B & B Pallet Company City of Compton, Groundwater Project Continental Forge E.M.E. Inc.(2) Morrell's Electro Plating Inc.(3) Owens Corning SAMSS Sierra Cheese Manufacturing Co., Inc.(9) Vista Coatings Inc.(4) Unincorporated L. A. County Coast Metal Craft Laclede Inc.(3) Pacific Continental Textiles, Inc.(2) Plaskolite West, Inc.(4) Sermatech International, Inc. Covina Rayne Water Conditioning, Inc. Stabile Plating Co. Inc. Downey Astro Pak Corporation El Monte Diana's Mexican Food Products Inc.(4) Harlow Plating(7) Orchid-Anzon Royal Catering Company Sargent Fletcher Inc. El Segundo Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. Northrop Grumman Corp (ISAS) Raytheon Company - Maple Avenue(4) Raytheon Company - El Segundo Boulevard(2) The Aerospace Corporation Tri-Star Electronics International Inc.(4) Gardena Angelus Plating Works(4) Custom Metal Finishing Foremost Enameling Co., Inc.(5) Gardena Plating Co., Inc. Gardena Specialized Processing, Inc. LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Maneri Sign Company Inc.(4) Matsui International Company Inc.(4) Nissin Foods (USA) Co., Inc.(5) Risvolds Incorporated(2) Standard Metal Products Inc.(4) The Source Group, Inc.(2) Unincorporated L. A. County Caitac Garment Processing Inc.(2) International Die Casting, Inc.(5) Radiant Services Corp.(8) Swift-Cor Aerospace Inc.(4) TP Industrial Inc.(2) Glendora Covina Irrigating Co. Hallmark Metals, Inc.(3) Ormco Corporation Harbor City City of Los Angeles C-Brite Metal Finishing Hawthorne OSI Optoelectronics Inc.(5) Teledyne Relays(4) Thompson Industries, Ltd. Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. Huntington Park Aircraft X-Ray Laboratories(5) Alloys Cleaning, Inc.(4) Golden Tiger Hi-Grade Food Distributors(4) VIP Garment Care Co. WGCI Garment Wet Processing Center Inglewood Chromplate Co.(5) Rho-Chem, LLC(4) TTM Printed Circuit Group, Inc. Zephyr Manufacturing Co., Inc.(2) Irwindale Bimeda Inc.(3) Breeder's Choice Pet Foods Inc.(2) Lovin Oven, LLC(2) Q & B Foods, Inc. Unincorporated L. A. County California Custom Fruits and Flavors, Inc.(4) La Mirada Airport Fabrication Inc.(3) Architectual Area Lighting(4) Babcock Inc.(6) Golden Kraft Corrugated (Georgia Pacific Corp)(2) Oakite Products, Inc.(5) Solid State Devices, Inc. La Puente Thrifty Oil Co.(2) Unincorporated L. A. County Shell Oil Products US(2) Size Control Plating(6) La Verne City of La Verne Public Works PRS Industries Incorporated(4) Lakewood ExxonMobil Oil Corporation(2) Shell Oil Products US(3) Lancaster California State Prison Los Angeles County Lomita Atlantic Richfield Co.(3) Long Beach Asphalt Products Oil Corporation(3) Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. Eversoft, Inc.(4) ExxonMobil Corp.(3) Frey Environmental Inc. Hamilton Sundstrand Long Beach Water Department(5) Oil Operators Incorporated(3) Oxy Long Beach, Inc. Petro-Diamond Terminal Company(6) Shell Oil Products US - Bellflower Boulevard(2) Shell Oil Products US - Lakewood Boulevard SRI/Surgical Express(5) Stapleton Technologies Inc.(3) TABC Inc. Talco Plastics Inc.(3) The Termo Company Thrifty Oil Company / TOC No. 0232 Thums Long Beach Company(6) Los Angeles Ace Clearwater Enterprises(4) Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority(6) ConocoPhillips Company Farmers Brothers Company Jesse Lord Bakery LLC(2) King's Hawaiian Bakery West, Inc. McDonnell Douglas Southern California Gas Company(3) Sunrider Manufacturing, L.P.(2) Swisstex California, Inc.(4) Unincorporated L. A. County Artwear, Inc. B & C Plating Company(7) Connector Plating Corp. ConocoPhillips Dolores Canning Co., Inc.(3) George Industries Inc.(2) Harland M. Braun & Co.(3) Pacific Sintered Metals Co. Pentair Inc.(3) Pro-Dye & Finishing (Crossland Trading, Inc.)(2) Sanders Service Inc.(4) Spectrum Plating, Inc. Sta-Brite Ano(8) Universal Surface Technology, Inc.(2) Vernes Chrome Plating Inc.(9) Lynwood Century Regional Detention Facility(2) EMIF IV LP(4) Equilon Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products US Universal Molding Co., Inc. Maywood W W Henry Company Monrovia Burnett & Son Meat Co. Jan-Kens Enameling Co., Inc.(5) Montebello ADC Truckwash Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. Georgia Pacific Corp.(2) Industrial Container Services - CA, LLC(3) Magic Laundry Services, Inc. Southern California Gas Company(4) Monterey Park Aero-Powder Coating, Inc.(9) Kotura Inc.(7) L.C. Miller Company(7) Norwalk American Blending Co. ConocoPhillips Co. ExxonMobil Corporation(2) Palmdale Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (Plant 10)(3) Unincorporated L. A. County Boeing Company Lockheed Martin Corporation (Site 2)(7) Lockheed Martin Corporation (Site 7)(4) Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, Palmdale (Site 3) Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, Palmdale (Site 4) Paramount Carlton Forge Works(2) Cerro Metal Products Shell Oil Products US(2) Pasadena Avery Research Center(9) City of Pasadena, Water & Power Dept. Dy-Dee Service of Pasadena, Inc.(2) Jet Propulsion Lab(3) Pico Rivera Bakemark Ingredients (West), Inc. GE Mobile Water, Inc. Lubricating Specialties Co.(3) Pomona AMF/Holly-Art Angelica Textile Services Gemini Aluminum Corp. Hamilton Sundstrand6 Hehr Glass Company5 Immunalysis Corporation Industrial Alloys, Inc. Jeffers Plating K C Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(9) Ripon Cogeneration, LLC - San Gabriel Facility(3) Spee-D-Lunch(2) Structural Composites Industries(2) Rancho Dominguez Unincorporated L. A. County MGH Gourmet Inc.(7) Spectrum Laboratories, Inc.(2) Redondo Beach Hollywood Riviera Car Wash(2) Rosemead Harry's Radiator Shop(5) Huy Fong Foods Inc.(4) San Dimas Gilead Sciences, Inc.(4) Western Pacific Storage Solutions(3) San Gabriel SoCal Uniform Rental(3) Santa Clarita Cinetech Inc.(4) Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc.(3) ExxonMobil Oil Corporation(2) Honda Performance Development Inc. Lamsco West Inc. Los Angeles Daily News Polycarbon Inc.(4) Unincorporated L. A. County Da/Pro Rubber, Inc.(6) TA Manufacturing Co.(3) Santa Fe Springs Blair Adhesive Products Inc.(4) Bodycote Material Testing, Inc. Brown Pacific Wire Inc.(3) Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC Crockett Container Corp.(2) Custom Chemical Formulators, Inc. Eagleware Manufacturing Co., Inc. G & K Services, Co. G & M Oil Company Galaxy Brazing Co., Inc. Golden West Refining Co.(2) Hexacomb Corporation(2) Holiday Porcelain - Bregin(4) I-Coat Company, LLC(2) ITW CIP California(2) McKesson HBOC, Inc. Olin Chlor Alkali Products P G Imtech of California, Inc. Precision Tube Bending(4) Procal Air Separation Facility Special T Water Systems, Inc.(4) Swift Pork Company(3) Turbine Engine Components Technologies Corp. Wesco Spectra Color Inc. Whiting Enterprises Inc.(3) Signal Hill Hof's Hut Commissary(4) Siemens Water Technologies(2) South El Monte Detoronics Corporation(9) Ditty Container, Inc.(2) Eemus Manufacturing Corp. Gioia Cheese Co., Inc. San Gabriel Valley Water Co. Vacco Industries(9) South Gate American Apparel Garment Dye House Anadite Inc. BP West Coast Products - ARCO Vinvale Terminal Brenntag Pacific, Inc. Edson Industries(9) International Window Corp.(3) Johns Manville(3) Koo's Manufacturing, Inc.(3) Lunday Thagard Company Marquez-Marquez Food Products(2) Rainbow Powder Coating Inc.(2) Rockview Farms Inc. Southgate Foods Inc.(2) Unincorporated L. A. County The Hon Company(3) Torrance Americas Styrenics Ball Corporation(3) Boeing Satellite Systems Inc.(3) Diamotec Inc. GC Aero, Incorporated(4) General Dynamics Satcom Technologies, Inc.(2) L-3 Communications Electron Tech Inc. M/A-Com/Tyco Electronics(2) Robinson Helicopter Company Inc.(9) Shell Oil Products US Shell Oil Products US(2) Virco Manufacturing Corporation(3) Water Replenishment District of So. California(2) Younger Optics Manufacturer(2) Unincorporated L. A. County Stewart Filmscreen Corp.(2) Vernon A & G Engraving, Inc.(3) Aerojet-General Corporation - Norris Operations(2) Air Products and Chemicals Inc.(6) Ameripride Uniform Services(2) Arctic Glacier Vernon, Inc.(2) Arthur Schuman West LLC Barksdale Inc.(5) C R Laurence Co.(4) Charlie's Pride Meats Clougherty Packing Co., Subsidiary of Hormel Foods Coast Packing Co.(3) Conceptual Textile Printing, LLC Dunn-Edwards Corporation Engineered Applications(2) ExxonMobil Oil Corporation(5) Fantasy Dyeing and Finishing(3) Fisherman's Pride Processing Inc.(6) King Meat Inc.(4) Laundry Atelier Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc.(3) On Target Laundry LLC Overhill Farms, Inc.(4) Owens-Illinois Glass Containers Pabco Paper Products(2) Pacific Fabric Finishing, Inc. Papa Cantella's Inc.(6) Real Mex Foods, Incorporated Rite-Way Meat Packers Inc.(8) Soco West, Incorporated Southland Box Company(2) Southwind Foods Square-H Brands, Inc. United States Aluminum Corp. Vernon Truck Wash West Coast Rendering Company(3) Wimatex, Inc.(4) Yaegaki Corporation of USA Yonekyu U.S.A. Inc.(5) Wilmington City of Los Angeles Praxair Inc.(4) Valero Refining Co. - California Industrial Discharges within Inland Empire Utilities Agency Chino City of Chino Etiwanda Industrial Wire Products Arrow Division Inc. RRI Energy Etiwanda, Inc.(3) Fontana GE Mobile Water Inc. California Steel Industries Inc.(9) Ontario Carlisle Tire and Wheel Cintas Corp.(2) Coca-Cola North America(6) Crothall Services Group, Inc.(5) Nestle Waters North America, Inc.(2) Temple-Inland, Inc.(9) UniFirst Corporation UniTech Services Group, Inc.(2) Praxair, Inc.(4) Rancho Cucamonga Steelscape Inc.
2 thru 8 = Consecutive Years in Compliance