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EPA ADMINISTRATOR WHITMAN TO MAKE BROWNFIELDS GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT IN OAKLAND COUNTY, MAY 3, 12:30 P.M.

Release Date: 05/02/2002
Contact Information:



CONTACT: Mick Hans, (312) 353-5050
Dave Ryan, (202) 564-7827




For Immediate Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS:

CHICAGO (May 2, 2002) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman will join local officials for a national announcement naming the recipients of new brownfields revolving loan fund pilot grants in Farmington Hills, Mich., Friday, May 3, 2002 at 12:30 p.m.


Who: EPA Administrator Christie Whitman
Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson
U.S. Representative Joe Knollenberg
U.S. Representative Mike Rogers

When: 12:30 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2002

Where: “The Triangle,” at the intersection of Northwestern Highway and Orchard Lakes Rd., Farmington Hills

What: Announce new brownfields revolving loan fund pilot grant recipients. States, communities and economic development consortiums use the revolving loan funds to facilitate cleanup of industrial or commercial sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Since 1993, EPA has provided more than $200 million in brownfield grants.

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