Feb 4, 2010

EPA TO HOLD PUBLIC ASIAN CARP REGIONAL MEETING IN CHICAGO - FEB. 12

EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on behalf of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, will hold a meeting in Chicago on Feb. 12 to discuss plans and get recommendations on Asian carp control efforts. The committee will answer questions and listen to comments from the public. A second meeting will be scheduled in the near future elsewhere in the Great Lakes basin.

Who: Senior representatives from
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
U.S. Coast Guard;
State of Illinois and other Great Lakes states;
City of Chicago;
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago;
White House Council on Environmental Quality; and
Scientific experts


When: 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12

Where: Room 331
Metcalfe Federal Building
77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill.

The meeting also will be available via live web stream at:
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/live

Stay in touch at:
http://www.asiancarp.org/regionalcoordination