Senator Boxer to Hold Press Conference on Coal Ash

Category: Government Committees
Type: News
Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Party: Democrat
Date: Friday, June 12th, 2009

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BACKGROUND: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will discuss the status of the committee's ongoing investigation into the coal ash spill in Tennessee and the state of coal ash impoundments across the country.

WHEN: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009
9:30 AM ET

LOCATION: E.P.W. Hearing Room
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WHO: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Chairman, Environment and Public Works Committee

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