Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee to hold Feb. 12 public meeting in Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 10-OPA010

Contact:
Phillippa Cannon, 312-353-6216, cannon.phillippa@epa.gov

Chicago (Feb. 3, 2010) – 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. Those who cannot attend the meeting in person can submit questions on the website.