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Earth Day Schedule for April 23 and 24 for EPA Administrator Christie Whitman

Release Date: 04/20/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001

Earth Day Schedule for April 23 and 24 for EPA Administrator Christie Whitman

Contact: Bonnie Piper 202-564-7836 or Steffanie Bell 202-564-6976


Monday, April 23, 2001
    Who: EPA Administrator Whitman, Interior Secretary Norton,
Agriculture Secretary Veneman, Congressman Gilchrest,
Bob Wagner, Principal, Odenton Elementary School (Maryland)
Time: 11 a.m. - noon
Event: EPA’s mobile environmental science lab with students
from Odenton Elementary School; officials will plant tree for school.
Where: 1290 Odenton Road, Odenton, Maryland

Directions: Take Baltimore-Washington 295 to exit 175 (Fort Meade),
        follow road for six miles. At the intersection of Route 170 bear right. After crossing over railroad tracks, turn left on to Odenton Road. School is 500 yards from the turn, 12390 Odenton Road.

Tuesday, April 24, 2001 (two events)
    Who: EPA Administrator Whitman, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA),
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO), Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD),
Don Ritter, Chairman, National Environmental Policy Institute
Time: noon
Event: National Telecommute Kick-off (Ecommute pilot project)
Where: U.S. Capitol, East Front, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Marianne Smith, NEPI, 202 857-4784, x16


Who: EPA Administrator Whitman, President Bush and
First Lady Laura Bush
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Event: President’s Environmental Youth Awards
Where: Rose Garden, the White House


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