Awards and Recognition News ADVISORY (Region 2): EPA to Recognize the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning for Major Environmental Achievements

 

EPA to Recognize the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning for

Major Environmental Achievements

 

Contact: Michael Basile, basile.michael@epa.gov, 716-551-44410 or 646-369-0055 cell ; Mary Mears, 212-637-3673, mears.mary@epa.gov

 

(Rochester, N.Y. – July 20, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) will formally present its distinguished Environmental Justice Achievement Award to the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning for its leadership in community-based efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning in the city of Rochester, New York. EPA’s top regional official will travel to Rochester for the award presentation along with other dignitaries. The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning includes five key community partners—the City of Rochester, Empire Justice Center, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Monroe County Department of Public Health, and the University of Rochester.

 

WHO:              Judith Enck, Regional Administrator for U.S. EPA, Region 2

Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy

Dr. Andrew S. Doniger, Director, Monroe County Department of Public Health

Dr. Mark B. Taubman, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Vice President for Health Sciences

Bryan D. Hetherington, Chief Counsel, Empire Justice Center

Fran Weisberg, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency

Freddie Caldwell, Co-chair, Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Senator Joseph Robach

 

WHAT:            Award presentation, formal remarks, photo opportunities, one-on-one press interviews

 

WHEN:           Wednesday, July 21 at 10:00 A.M.

 

            WHERE:         Kate Gleason Auditorium

(in Central Library’s Bausch & Lomb building)

116 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604     

 

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