FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 11, 1997

Contact: Dave Redmond
(202) 225-4050

**** Hearing Notice ****

Committee on Agriculture to Hold Hearing on EPA's Air Quality Standards
EPA Administrator Carol Browner to Testify

The House Committee on Agriculture, chaired by Rep. Bob Smith (R-OR), will hold a hearing on Tuesday, September 16, to review the potential impact on agriculture of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new air quality standards.

Carol Browner, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will testify. In addition to Ms. Browner, the Committee will hear from a panel of House Members - including Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), and Rep. Ron Klink (D-PA) - who are leading the effort to delay the imposition of the EPA's air quality standards.

House Committee on Agriculture
Rep. Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman
Tuesday, September 16, 1997, 10:00 a.m.
Room 1300 Longworth House Office Building


All media are invited and welcome.

For more information, please call either Dave Redmond (202-225-4050) or David Spooner (202-225-3329), of the Agriculture Committee's staff.

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Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives
1301 Longworth Building, Washington, D.C. 20515