ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19—Douglas D. R. Palmore of Luck Stone Corp., Richmond, Va., has been named the 2003 National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association Environmental Professional of the Year. The award was presented by NSSGA Chairman of the Board John E. Cramer, Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Company, Dupo, Ill., on Sept. 23 at the annual Environmental and Safety Awards recognition luncheon during NSSGA’s Environment, Safety and Health Forum in Phoenix.

Palmore currently is vice chairman of both NSSGA’s Environmental Committee and NSSGA’s minerals identification task force. He also is past chairman of the Virginia Aggregates Association’s Environmental Committee.

Palmore is known as a focused, enthusiastic leader and a dedicated proponent of environmental stewardship. He currently serves as the director of risk management and oversees Luck Stone’s environmental, health and safety division. He has been instrumental in developing NSSGA’s Environmental Management System template for the aggregates industry; has helped negotiate changes to EPA’s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Rule and has participated in the development of NSSGA’s environmental inspection and spill prevention training videos for the aggregates industry. In his seven years at Luck Stone, Palmore has written the company’s environmental policy and mission statement, initiated company-wide environmental compliance training, developed Luck’s EMS and an environmental recognition program for Luck’s on-site customers.

“Doug’s extraordinary accomplishments at Luck Stone and NSSGA in such a short time clearly demonstrate his leadership abilities and industry insight,” said Joy Wilson, president and CEO of NSSGA. “His commitment to environmental stewardship extends well beyond his company to the entire industry.”

“This is an incredible honor for both our company and for Doug,” commented Jay Coffman, Vice President of Risk Management at Luck Stone. “We are grateful that our colleagues in the industry have recognized the exemplary work he has done for our company, as well as the important contributions he has made to the overall aggregates industry.”

The Environmental Professional of the Year award provides recognition to an individual in the aggregates industry who has made superior and substantial contributions to his or her company’s, or the industry’s, efforts to achieve environmentally sound operating practices.

NSSGA, based near the nation’s capital, is the world’s largest mining association by product volume, representing 800 member companies and approximately 120,000 working men and women in the aggregates industry. During 2002, a total of about 2.73 billion metric tons of crushed stone, sand and gravel, valued at $14.6 billion, were produced and sold in the United States.