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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Baskins
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:16 PM
> To: Kevin Baskins
> Subject: Press release from Iowa DNR regarding Eagle
> Grove
> RedemptionCenter
>
> Pasted below and attached as a Word document is a
> press release from the
> Iowa DNR regarding the redemption center status of
> an operation in Eagle
> Grove.
>
> Environmental Services Division
>
> For Immediate Release
> Jan. 28,2005
>
> REDEMPTION CENTER FOR CANS AND BOTTLES REVOKED AT
> EAGLE GROVE OPERATION
>
> EAGLE GROVE * The redemption center status for This
> 'N' That in Eagle
> Grove to collect bottles and cans on behalf of
> Fareway Stores in Eagle
> Grove is being revoked by the Iowa Department of
> Natural Resources
> because the center has had inconsistent hours of
> operation earlier this
> month.
>
> The approved redemption center status of This 'N'
> That for Fareway
> Stores, Incorporated in Eagle Grove is being revoked
> effective 30 days
> from the receipt of a letter sent from the DNR to
> the redemption center
> on Thursday, Jan. 27.  This 'N' That has 30 days to
> appeal the
> revocation.
>
> The DNR has received complaints from consumers and
> investigation has
> shown that the redemption center has, at times,
> failed to meet the
> required minimum business hours per week required by
> code to be an
> alternative redemption site for a retailer.
>
> "Providing convenience to consumers for redemption
> on eligible
> containers has always been the key component in the
> success of Iowa's
> bottle bill," said Brian Tormey, chief of the DNR's
> waste management and
> energy bureau.
>
> Iowa's law requires retailers selling beverages
> requiring a deposit to
> redeem empty containers they sell or have an
> approved alternative
> redemption center available that provides adequate
> convenience to
> consumers.
>
> "While we are providing options to retailers to seek
> alternative
> redemption sites, we are going to vigorously protect
> the rights of
> consumers by ensuring that convenient options are
> available," said
> Tormey.
>
> "We would hope that when alternative redemption
> centers don't work out,
> retailers will also be proactive in making sure that
> the needs of
> consumers are being met," Tormey added.
>
> For more information, contact Jeff Geerts at (515)
> 281-8176.
>
> -30-
>
>
>
> Kevin Baskins, Communications Bureau Chief Iowa
> Department of Natural
> Resources
> (515)  281-8395
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>

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