EPA, Department of Justice, state, and environmental groups will announce a major Clean Water Act settlement with the East Bay Municipal Utility District and East Bay communities

EPA Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 28, 2014

MEDIA CONTACT: Suzanne Skadowski, 415-972-3165 / 265-2863, skadowski.suzanne@epa.gov

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

EPA, Department of Justice, state, and environmental groups will announce a major Clean Water Act settlement with the East Bay Municipal Utility District and East Bay communities

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, State and Regional Water Boards, and environmental groups will host a media conference at Crown Memorial State Beach at 11am on Monday, July 28, to announce a major Clean Water Act settlement agreement with the East Bay Municipal Utility District, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, and the Stege Sanitary District to stop sewage discharges to San Francisco Bay.

Who:              

Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, US EPA Pacific Southwest Region

Ben Fisherow, Environmental Enforcement Chief, US Department of Justice

Bruce Wolfe, Executive Officer, SF Bay Regional Water Board

Deb Self, Executive Director, San Francisco Baykeeper

Annie Beaman, Our Children's Earth Foundation

When: 

Monday, July 28, 2014, 11:00 am

Where:

Crown Memorial State Beach

Westline Drive and Shoreline Drive, Alameda, CA

(Park Map and Directions)

*Event will be on the beach just south of the southernmost beach parking lot, near the corner of Westline Drive and Shoreline Drive, south of Boardsports Windsurf Rentals.

*Note: $5 state parking fee

Visuals:          

San Francisco Bay where wastewater overflows have occurred      

Beachgoers, kite boarders, windsurfers, swimmers, fishermen, boaters

Examples of deteriorated sewer pipes and new replacement sewer pipes

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