EPA Administrator Recognizes National Poster Contest Winner During National Radon Month

1/13/2003

From: David Deegan of the Environmental Protection Agency, 202-564-7839; E-mail: deegan.dave@epa.gov

News Advisory:

EPA Administrator Christie Whitman is urging all Americans to heed January as National Radon Month and test their homes for indoor radon gas. The Administrator and other invited guests will be recognizing the winner of the Radon National Poster Contest in the Green Room at EPA Headquarters.

WHO: -- Christie Whitman, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Dr. Colein Hefferan, Service Administrator, U.S.D.A. Cooperative State Research Education and Extension -- Dr. Joseph Wysocki, National Program Leader, Indoor Air -- Ms. Susan Pope, Extension Radon Educator, North Carolina State University -- Mr. Bobby Jackson, Senior Vice President, National Safety Council -- Mr. Ronald Fraass, Executive Director, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors

WHAT: Recognizing the poster contest winner for National Radon Month

WHEN: Tuesday Jan. 14, 11 a.m.

WHERE: The Green Room, 3rd floor, Ariel Rios North Building at EPA's headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (Metro exit for blue/orange lines is Federal Triangle. As you exit the metro escalator go right into the building entrance.)

NOTE: Reporters attending need to bring credentials. Credentials mean: a photo identification card from the news organization with your name and title, White House or Congressional ids. Press with insufficient identification will instead be directed to use the Agency's website (http://www.epa.gov) for information about the event.