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Monday, July 7, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA Administrator Tours Missouri July 9 and 10; Meets with Farmers on Protecting U.S. Waterways

EPA Press Release:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7
11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA Administrator Tours Missouri July 9 and 10; Meets with Farmers on Protecting U.S. Waterways

Contact Information: Kris Lancaster, 913-551-7557lancaster.kris@epa.gov

Environmental News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Lenexa, Kan., July 7, 2014) - On Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, July 10, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will travel to Missouri to meet with farmers and agribusiness leaders to discuss Waters of the U.S., a proposed rule to protect our nation’s waterways under the Clean Water Act.

On Wednesday, McCarthy will tour Bill Heffernan’s corn and soybean farm in Rocheport, Mo., to view ongoing soil conservation practices that protect waterways.

Wednesday, July 9, 9:30 a.m. CDT

WHO: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks, and Missouri corn and soybean Farmer Bill Heffernan
WHAT: Tour of Heffernan Farm
WHERE: 6267 N. Route J, Rocheport, MO 65279

Thursday, July 10, Noon CDT

On Thursday, McCarthy will deliver a speech on Waters of the U.S. at the Kansas City Agribusiness Council Luncheon. There will be a media availability following the speech.

WHO: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
WHAT: Waters of the U.S. speech and media availability
WHERE: American Royal Association, 1701 American Royal Court, Kansas City, MO 64102

Media representatives interested in covering these events should RSVP to Kris Lancaster at lancaster.kris@epa.gov.

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