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TODAY: EPA, DOJ, FTC to Hold Press Conference to Announce Significant Environmental and Consumer Relief in Volkswagen Litigation

06/28/2016
Contact Information: 
(press@epa.gov)

WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, and Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will hold a press conference to announce significant environmental and consumer relief in the Volkswagen litigation, TODAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

WHO:
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez 

WHAT: 
A press conference to announce significant environmental and consumer relief in Volkswagen litigation.

WHEN:
TODAY, Tuesday, June 28, 2016
9:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE:
Department of Justice
7th Floor Press Conference Room
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530

** OPEN PRESS **

LIVESTREAMED ON JUSTICE.GOV/LIVE-STREAM

PLEASE NOTE:  Following today’s press conference in Washington, The California Attorney General’s Office and the California Air Resources Board will hold a media availability at 11:00 a.m. PDT.   For more information, contact AGpressoffice@doj.ca.gov.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials.  Media must enter the department at the visitor’s entrance on Constitution Avenue NW between 9th and 10th Streets.  Media may begin arriving at 8:30 a.m. EDT and cameras must be pre-set by 9:15 a.m. EDT. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the DOJ Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.

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