Bakken Directory Spring 2014: NDPC recognized for Pick Up the Patch! Program

The North Dakota Petroleum Council was recently recognized with an Environmental

Partnership Award by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. The NDPC received the award for its Pick Up the Patch! program, which was launched in 2012 to create partnerships between communities and the oil and gas industry and create a no-litter culture in western North Dakota.

This year, more than 750 industry volunteers and 70 companies participated in the program and helped collect more than 1,600 bags of trash from roadways and communities in the oil patch. “We are proud to accept this award on behalf of all our member companies and their employees who dedicated an incredible amount of time and resources to making the program a success,” said Alexis Brinkman, government affairs manager for the NDPC and manager of the program. “There are many impacts from oil and gas development, such as roads and housing, but this program has been just one way that we can make a visible difference each and every day. We look forward to continuing these and other efforts to give back to the communities in western North Dakota.”

The Environmental Partnership Award is one of four Chairman’s Stewardship Awards pre- sented each year. The awards are the IOGCC’s highest honor for exemplary efforts by the oil and natural gas industry in environmental stewardship. For more information about the IOGCC and the Chairman’s Stewardship Awards, visit ww.iogcc.state.ok.us/.

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