Officials announce environmental award winners

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Officials recently announced the Air Force, Department of Defense and White House environmental award winners.

The winners of the 2004 Air Force General Thomas D. White Environmental Award are:

-- Environmental Quality Award (Industrial): Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

-- Environmental Quality Award (Reserve Component): Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind.

-- *Environmental Quality Award (Overseas): Misawa Air Base, Japan.

-- *Restoration Award (All Installations): Keesler AFB, Miss.

-- Pollution Prevention Award (Non-Industrial): Hurlburt Field, Fla.

-- Natural Resources Conservation Award (Large Installation): Arnold AFB, Tenn.

-- *Cultural Resources Management Award (All Installations): Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

-- *Pollution Prevention Award for Individual and Team Excellence: Tinker AFB Pollution Prevention Team.

-- Cultural Resources Management Award for Individual and Team Excellence: Takeshi Ukon from Misawa AB.

-- National Environmental Policy Act Award for Team Excellence: Eglin AFB Environmental Impact Analysis Process Team.

*These award winners went on to win the 2004 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards.

The Air Force winners for the 2005 White House Closing the Circle Awards are:

-- Recycling-Military: The recycling center in Little Rock AFB, Ark.

-- Waste Pollution and Prevention-Military: Luke AFB, Ariz.