The award - whose name stands for ``Achievement in Reducing Emissions'' - was presented during the
AVAQMD governing board's September meeting at its Lancaster headquarters.
15 ceremony,
AVAQMD Air Pollution Control Officer Chuck Fryxell and Operations Manager Bret Banks presented $10,000 to AVC for the establishment of a scholarship endowment fund.
According to
AVAQMD Chairman Frank Roberts, the most critical change from redesignation involves the region's image.