[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 111 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  RECOGNIZING LEXMARK'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN 
                                BOULDER

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2005

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, as you know, I am very proud of 
my constituents in Boulder, Colorado, for their unsurpassed commitment 
to a clean environment. Indeed, Boulder's exceptionally clean air and 
water make the Second District of Colorado a very special place.
  When a company can provide jobs and be a real contributor to the 
economy of Boulder, and it can do so in way that shows the utmost 
respect for the environment, the citizens of my district are doubly 
fortunate. Lexmark International, Inc. is just such a company.
  One of the world's largest manufacturers of printers and developers 
of printing solutions, Lexmark has a large facility in Boulder that has 
recently achieved ISO (International Standardization Organization) 
14001 certification for its environmental management system. ISO 14001 
is the world's most recognized environmental management system 
framework, helping organizations better manage their impact on the 
environment and continually improve their environmental performance.
  Lexmark employees worked for years to achieve this important 
certification. Such certifications do not come easily, and Lexmark's 
employees in Boulder are to be commended for their commitment to 
pollution prevention and for the overall environmental ethic that 
enabled them to achieve this important milestone.
  This achievement is only the most recent environmental award received 
by the Lexmark facility in Boulder. In 2003, the city of Boulder 
awarded its PACE (Partners for a Clean Environment) Pioneer Award to 
Lexmark. This award is given annually to the business best exemplifying 
the goals of the PACE program.
  For almost a decade beginning in 1993, Lexmark participated in the 
Colorado Governor's Pollution Prevention Challenge, and the plant also 
received the U.S. EPA's 33/50 award for toxic chemical use reduction in 
the early-to-mid 1990s.
  In all, the record this facility has established for well over a 
decade is remarkable. My hat is off to the employees at the Lexmark 
facility in Boulder who share such an obviously genuine and profound 
commitment to environmental protection.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in 
commending Lexmark for this notable achievement.

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