M/A EPA Administrator Browner & Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to Announce
Steps to Eliminate and to Increase Use of Renewable Additives
                                                               
                                           Release No.  0086.00

                                             FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY         CONTACT:  564-9828 or 260-4355, EPA
                                             MARCH 20, 2000                               720-4623, USDA


                      ***MEDIA ADVISORY***
                                
                                
EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER & AGRICULTURE SECRETARY GLICKMAN TO ANNOUNCE STEPS 
  TO ELIMINATE MTBE AND TO INCREASE USE OF RENEWABLE ADDITIVES



Washington, D.C. -- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol
Browner and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will hold a press conference to
announce actions the Clinton-Gore Administration is taking to eliminate the
fuel additive MTBE in order to protect America's water resources and to
promote the use of renewable additives, like ethanol.  The details of the
press conference are:


                         DATE:          Monday, March 20, 2000
     
                         TIME:          1:30 p.m.

                    LOCATION: Environmental Protection Agency
                    Ariel Rios -- South Building, Room 6226
                    1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
                    Washington, D.C.
          

(DIRECTIONS: By Metro: Take the Orange/Blue Line to Federal Triangle Metro
Exit. Proceed up the escalator; the south entrance of the Ariel Rios building
is to the immediate left. Follow the signs to the press conference. By Taxi:
Go to the south entrance of the Ariel Rios Building on 12th Street, between
Pennsylvania Ave. and Constitution, look for the press conference sign at the
south entrance.)                             

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