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EPA Region 7 Launches Facebook Page

Release Date: 05/26/2011
Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Kansas City, Kan., May 26, 2011) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 announces the launch of its official Facebook page.

At the official Region 7 Facebook page you can find news releases, photographs, and videos regarding Agency actions and events.

The EPA Region 7 Facebook page allows for fast, easy, and transparent communication with the Agency in a public forum.

“I’m pleased to announce the launch of our official Facebook page, which will allow us to communicate with the people of Region 7 more directly and transparently than ever before. All of us at Region 7 are eager to use social media tools – Facebook, YouTube, Twitter – to help us do our jobs better. And we can’t wait to hear more from the 15 million people we serve in the Heartland,” EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks said.

EPA Region 7 has added a Facebook icon to its News and Events page that links to the Region 7 Facebook page.

For the latest news and information regarding Region 7 activities, join our page at www.facebook.com/eparegion7.