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EPA Holds first National Forum on Innovative Approach to Cleaner Water - Business, States, Cities, Agriculture, and Conservationists to Gather in Chicago, July 22-23

Release Date: 07/17/2003
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Contact: John Millett, 202-564-7842

(07/17/03) Experts from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will speak on the new Water Quality Trading Policy – a faster and less costly approach to cutting industrial, municipal and agricultural discharges into the nation’s waters.

WHO: G. Tracy Mehan III, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, EPA
Art Baggett, California Water Resources Board

WHAT: National Forum on innovative water quality trading policy

WHEN: Tuesday, July 22, 8:30 a.m.

WHERE: Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown
30 East Hubbard

MORE INFO: https://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/trading/conferences.html

Schedule of speakers, Tuesday, July 22:
8:30 a.m. G. Tracy Mehan III, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA
8:50 a.m. David Batchelor, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. EPA
9:20 a.m. Art Baggett, California Water Resources Board

10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Media Availability

Complete Schedule: https://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/trading/conferences.html