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Note to correspondents: EPA public meeting on Dow Chemical site June 17, 6:30 p.m.

Release Date: 06/15/2009
Contact Information: Mick Hans, 312-353-5050, [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 09-OPA109

(Chicago, Ill. - June 15, 2009) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will host a meeting to discuss Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's recent decision on an overall approach to clean up Dow Chemical contamination in the Tittabawassee and Saginaw rivers and Saginaw Bay. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 17, at Saginaw Valley State University, Curtiss Hall, Banquet Rooms A & B, 7400 Bay Road, Saginaw.

More information is online at https://www.epa.gov/region5/sites/dowchemical/ and at www.michigan.gov/deq (click on "Dioxin Information"). Residents with questions or who need special accommodations at the meeting may contact Patti Krause, EPA community involvement coordinator, 800-621-8431, Ext. 69506, or [email protected].