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EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE FIRST-EVER TOXIC EMISSIONS DATA ON SEVEN MAJOR INDUSTRIES

Release Date: 05/10/2000
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner will announce the first-ever reporting of toxic emissions discharged into the environment from seven industrial sectors, including mining and electric utilities, on Thursday, May 11, at a press briefing in Washington D.C. This announcement marks the first reporting of toxic emissions since the Clinton-Gore Administration included these sectors in a major expansion of EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory as part of its commitment to increase the public’s right to know about toxic pollution in local communities. The full Toxic Release Inventory on chemical wastes and emissions released nationally will also be made public in addition to the reporting on the seven new sectors. The details of the press conference are:

DATE: Thursday, May 11

TIME: 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Room 6226
Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios/ South building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

DIRECTIONS: By METRO—Orange or Blue Line to Federal Triangle.
Go to street level by escalator.
Left turn and go a few yards to South Entrance.

By TAXI/CARS—
to southside of Pennsylvania Ave. at 12th Street

Walk south in direction of Constitution Avenue to south
entrance of Ariel Rios building (alongside the METRO exit)

White House or Capitol Hill press credentials are required.


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