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EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE NEW SUPERFUND REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

Release Date: 07/22/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1999
EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE NEW
SUPERFUND REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE





EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner will join local officials and community leaders at a press conference tomorrow in Front Royal, Va., to announce a new initiative to redevelop Superfund sites. The Superfund Redevelopment Initiative is a nationally coordinated effort to restore toxic waste sites to productive reuse. The Administrator will kick off this new initiative by awarding 10 grants totaling about $1 million to cities across the country.
EVENT: EPA Administrator Browner holds a press conference to kick off a new national initiative to redevelop Superfund sites and announces 10 grants to local governments totaling $1 million

DATE: Friday, July 23, 1999

TIME: 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Avtex Superfund Site, Front Royal, Va.

Directions to Avtex: Take I-66 West to Front Royal. Take Exit 6 and make a left on Routes 522/340. Go about three miles to a stop sign and make a right on Kendrick Lane. Avtex will be about a quarter of mile on the left-hand side.

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