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This Sub-Committee of the Awards Committee is a defined standing committee and shall consist of three members appointed by the President and approved by the Board of Directors for a three-year term. The member serving the third year of their term shall be the Chairperson. This Sub-Committee shall select the recipients of the CEAA subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. Up to two CEA awards may be made each year.

1. The CEAA is given for a single environmental achievement by a corporate member in the field of ceramics. The achievement preferably shall represent either an improvement of an existing process/product or development/implementations of a new process/product that reduces undesirable effluent streams, expands recycling of materials, reduces the environmental impact of products or provides other environmental benefits over previous processes. Up to two awards may be made each year.

2. A suitable award shall be as prescribed by the Award Committee with approval of the Board of Trustees together with a citation to be presented at the annual awards ceremony of the Society. Preferably, the recipients should be the CEO or chief technical contributor from the winning corporations.

3. Conditions of eligibility:

   1. Recipients shall be limited to corporate members of the Society.
   2. Recipients of the award in any given year shall be eligible again in the following year.
   3. Nominees not selected for an award will remain eligible for an additional two years.
   4. Distribution of the award shall be without regard to the Divisional affiliation of the recipients.