US E.P.A. Chief, Mexico Environment Minister to Sign Arrangement Addressing Border Region Environmental Concerns

LOS ANGELES- On Wednesday, August eight^th, E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will join Mexico Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Governor of Baja California Jos矇uadalupe Osuna Millଠ, Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante and other federal, state, and tribal officials in Tijuana to sign the Border 2020: U.S.-Mexico Environmental Plan final framework agreement. The eight-year program, developed bi-nationally, will work to address high priority environmental and public health problems in the border region.

The new Border 2020 Plan will work towards the significant enhancements in reducing air pollution, working to enhance children's health and improving access to clean and safe water. As the home to over 14 million people and one of the busiest cross-border trade regions in the world, protecting human health and the environment in the Border Region is essential to ensuring that the U.S. continues to be safe, healthy and economically productive.

WHO: U.S. E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
WHEN: Wednesday, August 8, 2012

WHAT: 9:00 a.m. PST Border 2020 Event Begins
11:10 a.m. PST Border 2020 Arrangement Signing
11:30 a.m. PST Press Conference

WHERE: Camino Real Hotel

RSVP REQUIRED: *** Credentialed press who would like to attend should e-mail [email protected] ASAP to RSVP and gain essential location and access information. The press conference will directly follow the Border 2020 Signing Conference and Ceremony. Please include your name, media affiliation, and contact information in your request.

Lisa P. Jackson: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/administrator.html

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