[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6660]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TRIBUTE TO ATK AMMUNITION PLANT

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2001

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate ATK and its 
Lake City Ammunition Plant located near Independence, Missouri, for 
their efforts in providing the United States Military with high quality 
ammunition while at the same time reducing their impact on the 
environment.
  This week, the U.S. Army will present Lake City Ammunition Plant with 
its Secretary of the Army Environment Quality Award for an industrial 
installation. The Secretary of the Army recognizes the efforts of the 
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant to improve the environment. The Plant 
has reduced its hazardous waste generation rate by sixty percent 
eliminating twenty tons of air emissions per year. At the same time, it 
has operated in compliance with twenty-five different environmental 
permits and recycled over fifty-five hundred tons of material.
  Through the hard work of nearly eight hundred fifty employees, the 
Lake City Ammunition Plant has proven that it can continue to be the 
largest supplier of small caliber ammunition to the United States 
Department of Defense, while retaining a superb record on the 
environment.
  Again, I congratulate and commend ATK and the employees of Lake City 
Ammunition Plant for their excellent record on the environment and 
congratulate them for receiving the Secretary of the Army Environmental 
Quality Award.

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