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NTC BROWNER TO RELEASE TWO NEW WATER REPORTS

Release Date: 06/11/96
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NTC BROWNER TO RELEASE TWO NEW WATER REPORTS

FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1996

Media Advisory

EPA Administrator Browner to Release Two New Water Reports at State-Federal Forum on Contaminants in Fish, sponsored by American Fisheries Society, in Alexandria, Va.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner will release two new assessments that underscore the challenge of protecting America's water, on Tuesday, June 1l, at 11:00 a.m., in Alexandria, Va. These include the latest update on fish-consumption warnings, showing that state-issued fish advisories increased by 14 percent in l995. A second report that establishes a baseline for measuring future progress in water quality indicates, in part, that 10 million Americans are presently at risk from exposure to the contaminant cryptosporidium.

WHO: EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner

WHAT: Clean Water Speech and Release of Two Reports at American Fisheries Society's State-Federal Forum on Contaminants in Fish

WHEN: Tuesday, June 11, 1996
11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Old Town Holiday Inn
480 King Street, 5th Floor
Alexandria, Va.

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