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BP AMOCO AND INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE RECOGNIZED BY EPA FOR CLEANER TECHNOLOGY

Release Date: 07/26/2001
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Note to Correspondents

EPA Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher will announce on Friday July 27, at 2:30 p.m., the Agency’s certification of Green Diesel Technology engines for use in school buses. This technology is developed by International Truck and Engine Corporation and is currently being used in the San Diego, Calif. school district. BPAmoco is providing the low sulfur diesel fuel needed to run the school bus engines. These two companies are being recognized for working to meet the deadline of the heavy duty diesel sulfur rule ahead of schedule.

WHO: EPA Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher; Mike McAdams, BP Amoco Vice President Federal Affairs and the environment; Pat Charbonneau, International Truck and Engine Corporation; and Alexandra Robinson, San Diego School District showcasing a green diesel technology school bus.

WHERE: Friday, July 27, at 2:30 p.m. The North Courtyard of the Ariel Rios Building, (where EPA Headquarters is located) on 12th, Street N.W., near the Intersection of 12th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., (across from the Post Office Pavilion) Note: If it rains the event will be held in Room 6226, Ariel Rios Building South entrance, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

NOTE: WHITE HOUSE OR CAPITOL HILL PRESS CREDENTIALS ARE MANDATORY. Call the Office of Media Relations at 202-564-4355 before the event for further information. This is an outdoor event , no electrical outlets or mult box will be provided.

CONTACT:
Cathy Milbourn 202-564-7824 [email protected], contact for EPA Office of Media Relations;
Tim Touhy 312-925-7687 and Tory Neff 312-255-3080, contacts for the International Truck and Engine Corporation

DIRECTIONS: By Metro: Take the Orange/Blue Line to Federal Triangle Metro Station. Proceed up the escalator toward 12th Street, turn left at 12th street, walk toward Pennsylvania Ave., and turn right at the guard station at the entrance to the North Courtyard located on 12th Street. By Taxi: Go to the intersection of 12th and Pennsylvania across from the Post Office Pavilion to the guard station located on 12th Street.

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