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NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO JOIN SENATOR CHAFEE, SENATOR REED, CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY, AND CONGRESSMAN WEYGAND TO ANNOUNCE MILESTONE AGREEMENT FOR REINVENTING NVIRONMENTAL REGULATION FOR THE METAL FINISHING INDUSTRY IN PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Release Date: 10/24/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1997
U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO JOIN SENATOR CHAFEE, SENATOR REED,
CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY, AND CONGRESSMAN WEYGAND TO ANNOUNCE MILESTONE AGREEMENT FOR REINVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION FOR THE METAL FINISHING INDUSTRY IN PROVIDENCE, R.I.
MEDIA ADVISORY


U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner will join Senator John Chafee, Senator Jack Reed, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and Congressman Robert Weygand on Monday, Oct. 27, 1997 at 11:40 a.m. at Victory Finishing Technologies Inc. in South Providence, R.I. to announce a milestone agreement for reinventing environmental regulation nationwide for the metal finishing industry. Browner will discuss the terms of the agreement -- the first reached under the Clinton Administration’s Common Sense Initiative -- and the Clinton Administration’s overall actions to develop new flexible, common sense ways to achieve greater environmental protection at less cost.

WHO: U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
U.S. Senator John Chafee
U.S. Senator Jack Reed
U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy
U.S. Representative Robert Weygand

WHAT: Announcement of Milestone Agreement for Reinventing Environmental Regulation for the Metal Finishing Industry

WHERE: Victory Finishing Technologies Inc.
145 Globe Street (off Eddy Street)
South Providence, R.I.

WHEN: 11:30 am - Tour of Facility (open to press)
11:40 am - Press Conference
Oct. 27, 1997

Directions: From points North, take 95 South to exit 19 (Eddy St./Allens Ave.). Take a right off the exit and follow Eddy Street under the overpass. Take the first left onto Crary Street. At the stop sign, take right on to Globe Street and proceed to Victory Finishing Technologies Inc. entrance.

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