Interior Secretary Kempthorne, Agriculture Under Secretary Rey to Attend “Listening Session” in Redmond, Ore.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      -  AUGUST 17, 2006
   CONTACT: Hugh Vickery (media)      (202) 501-4633
                       Caroline Merritt  (public)   (202) 208-1943


                        PLEASE NOTE: TIME HAS CHANGED

   (WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and
   Agriculture Under Secretary Mark Rey will attend a “listening session”
   in  Redmond, Ore., on Tuesday Aug. 22, 2006. The session, which also
   will be attended by Deputy Environmental Protection Agency Associate
   Administrator Rick Otis and NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator Bob
   Lohn, will take place at the Expo Center of the Deschutes County
   Fairgrounds.

   Please note that the starting time has been changed to 8:30 a.m.  A news
   media availability will be held from 8:00 to 8:20 a.m.

   The session is one in a series of public meetings across the country to
   solicit and exchange ideas on incentives, partnership programs, and
   regulations that can improve results and promote cooperative
   conservation and environmental partnerships. In addition to Interior and
   EPA, the Agriculture Department, the Commerce Department and the White
   House Council on Environmental Quality are sponsoring the sessions.

   Who:     Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
            Agriculture Under Secretary Mark Rey
            Rick Otis, EPA Deputy Associate Administrator,
            Office of Policy Economics and Innovation
            Bob Lohn, NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator

   When:    Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006
            8:00 – 8:20 a.m. – Media availability
            8:30 a.m. – Session begins

   Where:   Expo Center, South Sister Building
            Deschutes County Fairgrounds, 3800 SW Airport Way
            Redmond, Oregon 97756