U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs

News Media Contact(s):
Joann Wardrip, (202) 586-4940		 For Immediate Release
July 1, 2008
 
Senior Department of Energy Official to Make Environmental Cleanup Announcement in Idaho
 
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management James A. Rispoli will join Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter to discuss an agreement on a cleanup plan for buried waste at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory.

For more information on DOE’s efforts to reduce risk and cleanup the environmental legacy of the nation’s nuclear weapons program, visit Office of Environmental Management website.

WHO: DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management James A. Rispoli
Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter
WHAT: Press conference to discuss the Department’s cleanup plan for buried waste in Idaho
WHEN: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
1:30 PM MDT and 3:45 PM MDT
WHERE:

1:30 PM MDT
University Place Auditorium
1784 Science Center Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83402

3:45 PM MDT
Idaho Governor's Office
Old Borah Building
304 N. 8th Street
Boise, ID 83702

NOTE:  Media who cannot attend the Idaho Falls press conference may call a listen-only line at (800)-414-2147 and ask the operator to connect them to 526-0683.  Those who wish to call should connect no later than 1:20 p.m. MDT and should mute their phones during the call.
 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.