The Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 National Notable Achievement Awards Ceremony was held in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of June 18, 2009. More than 150 EPA staff members, family members, and friends attended the ceremony. Each year this ceremony recognizes exemplary accomplishments on the front lines of EPA's waste management and emergency response programs. The Superfund National Notable Achievement Awards were first created in 1989 to recognize the special achievements of on-scene coordinators, remedial project managers, community involvement coordinators, and others. These awards have been joined by awards in Brownfields, the Center for Program Analysis, Emergency Management, Environmental Justice, Federal Facilities Response, Land Revitalization, Superfund Enforcement, RCRA Corrective Action, Regional Science, Resource Conservation Challenge, Superfund Excellence in Community Involvement, and Underground Storage Tanks.