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EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER AND DIRECTOR OF WHITE HOUSE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS IBARRA TO PRESENT 1998 PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARDS

Release Date: 04/14/99
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EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner and Mickey Ibarra, Director of White House Intergovernmental Affairs, will honor students from 10 communities across the U.S. with the President’s Environmental Youth Awards at a White House ceremony on Thursday, April 15 at 10 a.m. The awards, presented annually since 1971, honor outstanding projects created by students in kindergarten through 12^th grade to clean up communities and promote local environmental awareness.
The 1998 award recipients are from the following areas: Hampden, Mass.; New York, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Irvine, Ky.; Springfield, Ill.; Covington, La.; Fulton, Kan.; Denver, Colo.; Douglas, Ariz.; and Ocean Shores, Wash.

WHO: EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
Mickey Ibarra, Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

WHAT: 1998 President’s Environmental Youth Awards

WHERE: Indian Treaty Room
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C.

WHEN: Thursday, April 15
10 a.m.

NOTE TO REPORTERS: To attend the award ceremony, call Michael Terrell at the Council on Environmental Quality at 202-456-5141. Reporters will need to arrive at the Northwest Gate by 9:15 a.m. for escort to the Indian Treaty Room.


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