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EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE NEW ACTIONSTO REDUCE PESTICIDE RISKS

Release Date: 06/07/2000
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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
NOT FOR BROADCAST OR DISTRIBUTION: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2000

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE
NEW ACTIONSTO REDUCE PESTICIDE RISKS


Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner will hold a press conference on Thursday, June 8, 2000, to announce actions the Clinton-Gore Administration is taking regarding Dursban, the most widely used household pesticide in the United States. The details of the press conference are:


DATE: Thursday, June 8

TIME: 11:00 a.m.
(camera pre-set: 10:00 a.m.)

LOCATION: Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios -- South Building, Room 6226
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.

DIRECTIONS: By Metro: Take the Orange/Blue Line to Federal Triangle Metro Exit. Proceed up the escalator; the south entrance of the Ariel Rios building is to the immediate left. Follow the signs to the press conference. By Taxi: Go to the south entrance of the Ariel Rios Building on 12th Street, between Pennsylvania Ave. and Constitution Ave., look for the press conference sign at the south entrance.
White House or Capitol Hill Press Credentials are required.


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