ADVISORY/Congressman Bob Filner to Visit Moab, Utah, Uranium Site to Call on Congress and the Incoming Bush Administration to Carry Out its Cleanup.

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ADVISORY...for Friday (Jan. 19)

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WHO:         Congressman Bob Filner of California, who has worked for
             more than three years toward passage of legislation to
             clean up a huge uranium tailings pile along the banks of
             the Colorado River.  The cleanup legislation passed
             Congress last year by an overwhelming margin.

WHAT:        The Moab, Utah, uranium tailings pile has been leaching
             radioactive waste into the Colorado River -- the major
             source of water for millions of Americans in Southern
             California, Nevada and Arizona.  There has been
             bipartisan support in Congress to clean up this site and
             outgoing Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has said his
             agency would take responsibility for the cleanup.

             Filner will tour the site and talk about the need for
             Congress and the Bush Administration to commit to
             carrying out this cleanup for the safety of the water
             supply throughout the Southwestern United States.  During
             his visit, he will meet with representatives of Utah's
             Congressional delegation, federal, state and local
             officials, Metropolitan Water District representatives
             and local environmentalists.

WHEN:        9:30 a.m. Mountain Time, Friday,  Jan. 19
             (8:30 a.m. Pacific Time)

WHERE:       Canyonlands Field Airport, Moab, Utah.  (The tour will
             proceed from the airport).

WHY:         Although the cleanup bill has passed Congress, its
             implementation is not assured without support from the
             incoming Energy Department and without appropriate
             funding from Congress.