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EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO ADDRESS WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION New Conservation Partnership to be Announced

Release Date: 08/29/2005
Contact Information:

Environmental News
Michael Dorff
202-329-2172

[email protected]

NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

August 29, 2005

EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO ADDRESS WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION
New Conservation Partnership to be Announced

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson will announce an innovative conservation partnership – similar to the EPA’s Brownfields program – Tuesday at the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation in St. Louis.

Johnson will join other senior EPA officials and a representative of the conservation group Trout Unlimited to discuss details of the initiative in a news media round-table following the announcement.

EVENT 1 
WHAT:EPA Good Samaritan Initiative announcement
WHO: EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson
WHEN:8 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30
WHERE:St. Louis Convention Center - America's Center
Level One, Ferrara Theater
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis
  
EVENT 2 
WHAT:Media round-table discussion
WHO: EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson
EPA Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles, Office of Water
EPA Region 8 Administrator Robert E. Roberts
Trout Unlimited representative Chris Wood
WHEN: 9:20 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005
WHERE: St. Louis Convention Center - America's Center
Media Room B
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis

Members of the news media can book interviews with EPA officials by contacting Michael Dorff, (202) 329-2172, or the Conference Media Hot Line (314) 342-5700.

 


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