EPC highlights Green Star program, certifies 20 auto shops including county fleet
EPC staff presented a revamped Green Star certification for automotive maintenance shops that reward pollution-prevention best practices; 20 new facilities — including seven Morgan Auto Group dealerships and all five Hillsborough County fleet facilities — received certificates. Program staff described required and optional best-management practices.
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Ken Sierra, EPC waste-division staff, told the Environmental Protection Commission that the Green Star certification recognizes automotive maintenance shops in Hillsborough County that "go above and beyond with environmental compliance." He said the program, housed in the county's small-quantity-generator (SQG) program, was created in 2005 and recently was updated, resulting in 20 new certifications.
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