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EPA, GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY AND 15 FEDERAL AGENCIES TO KICKOFF BROWNFIELDS PARTNERSHIP

Release Date: 4/16/2001
Contact Information: Wendy L. Chavez, 415/760-5422 (local), Lisa Fasano, 415/744-1587

     SAN FRANCISCO   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, together with the Gila River Indian Community and 15 federal agencies will kickoff the Brownfields Showcase Community partnership at a summit on April 17 to discuss the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields-- abandoned, lightly contaminated sites.

     Press are invited to the day's events and the EPA will hold a press availability after the bus tour of the Gila River Indian Community Brownfields sites.

                         WHAT:          Bus tour of Gila River Indian Community
                    brownfields sites
                    Open poster sessions
                    Availability session

                         WHERE:         Sprung building (large white tent)
                    Gila River Indian Community
                    next to the Wild Horse Pass Casino
                    Take I-10 East, exit Maricopa Road
     
                         WHEN:          Tuesday, April 17
                    9 a.m. - 11 a.m., bus tour of brownfields sites
                    11 a.m. - noon, open poster sessions              
                    11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., media availability session
                    1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participating                                      agencies round table presentations
                                                 
                         PARTICIPANTS:  U.S. EPA, Gila River Indian Community,                   Bureau of Indian Affairs,Indian Health Service,, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,U.S.Department of Agriculture, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Federal Highway Administration, Small Business Administration, Farm Services Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency