TOMORROW: E.P.A. ADMINISTRATOR IN PORTLAND, OREGON, TO FOCUS ON AIR QUALITY AND CLEAN WATER

WASHINGTON - This Wednesday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will be in Portland, Oregon to award a Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and speak at the Craft Brewers Conference about the importance of protecting our nation's water resources. The DERA grant will work towards replacing heavy-duty diesel trucks that operate locally and retrofit cargo handling equipment in North Portland. Administrator McCarthy will join Oregon DEQ Administrator Dick Pedersen, Multnomah Co. Commissioner, Jules Bailey and North Portland Diesel Emissions Solutions Plan Manager, Jeri Williams for a tour of the Northwest Container Services facility, followed by a demonstration showing the visible difference in emissions between old and new diesel trucks.

Later, Administrator McCarthy will deliver remarks at the Craft Brewers Association Yearly Conference, addressing the import role clean water plays in protecting small businesses. She will focus on the important need to protect the critical streams and wetlands that provide one in three Americans their drinking water and that are currently vulnerable to pollution and destruction. The E.P.A. and Army Corps of Engineers will finalize a Clean Water Rule that strengthens manufacturing, tourism, recreation, farming, ranching, and other major economic sectors that rely on clean water to function and flourish. Following the Administrator's remarks, she will participate in a media availability with Katie Wallace from New Belgium Brewery and Russ Klisch from Lakefront Brewery.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

8:15 am PT Tour and press availability to highlight diesel emissions reductions in Portland

WHO: Gina McCarthy, E.P.A. Administrator
WHERE: NW Container Services
12:30 pm PT Remarks on protecting clean water at the Craft Brewers Conference
1:00 pm PT Press Availability

WHO: Gina McCarthy, E.P.A. Administrator
WHERE: Portland Convention Center, Room D138-140
RSVP: Press interested in covering Wednesday's events should email Judy Smith at [email protected]

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