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RENO, BROWNER IN ST. LOUIS TOMORROW TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI

Release Date: 09/08/98
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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1998

Attorney General Janet Reno and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner will be in St. Louis tomorrow to announce accomplishments and significant new cases in the Mississippi River Initiative. The two Cabinet secretaries will inspect a clean up site and then make the announcement on this year-long environmental enforcement effort. Below are the media logistics.

EVENT 1 OF 2: SITE CLEAN-UP

WHO: Attorney General Janet Reno
EPA Administrator Carol Browner
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Edward L. Dowd, Jr.

WHAT: Photo opportunity only of site inspection. Cameras and still photographers only.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 9, 1998
11:00 am

WHERE: Cameras and still photographers interested in this photo opportunity MUST R.S.V.P. by 5:00 pm Eastern time Tuesday to Dianne Michels at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis. Her phone number is (314) 539-6068. Space on the press boat is limited; an r.s.v.p. will improve but not guarantee your chances of getting on, but if we have overflow, we may need to arrange a pool. Cameras and stills participating in the photo-op should meet at 10:00am at the Overlook Stage on Leanor K. Sullivan Boulevard between the Mississippi River and the Arch.


EVENT 2 OF 2: ANNOUNCEMENT

WHO: Attorney General Janet Reno
EPA Administrator Carol Browner
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Edward L. Dowd, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois W. Charles Grace
Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Stephen Mahfood

WHAT: Announcement of accomplishments and significant new cases in the Mississippi River Initiative. Open press.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 9, 1998
12:00 pm

WHERE: Top of the Grand Staircase at the Gateway Arch Grounds
11 North 4^th Street
St. Louis

RAIN SITE: The Odyssey Theater in the Arch Museum (below the Arch)

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