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Michael Braukus 
Headquarters, Washington          March 31, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1979)

Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
(Phone: 650/604-3937)

RELEASE: 03-121

NASA CENTER HONORED FOR SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

     NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif. 
has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) to join its National Environmental Performance Track 
(NEPT) program in recognition of outstanding environmental 
management practices.

The EPA's NEPT program is a voluntary partnership comprised 
of public and private organizations that exceed compliance 
with environmental regulations. NEPT partners are committed 
to continuous environmental improvements and demonstrate in 
daily business operations economic prosperity and 
environmental protection can go hand in hand. The program was 
launched in June 2000 and has 304 members.

ARC was one of 37 new partners announced by EPA Administrator 
Christine Whitman and the only NASA field center so honored. 
"We are delighted to be recognized by the EPA for our 
environmental management practices at Ames," said Sandy 
Olliges, Chief of the Environmental Services Division ARC. 
"This reflects well on Ames' long-standing efforts to protect 
our environment here at Moffett Field and bodes well for the 
center's environmental future," he said.

For more information about NASA and agency centers on the 
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information about the NEPT program on the Internet, 
visit:

www.epa.gov/performancetrack

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