ADVISORY/EPA To Dedicate New Research Support and Administration Building in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

Business Editors/Environment Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Dec. 5)

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EPA officials, along with Congressman Jeff Miller, will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dedication of a new Research Support and Administration building at EPA's research laboratory on Sabine Island in Gulf Breeze, Florida at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2002.

The ceremony will mark the completion of the $1.6 million, 10,000 square-foot facility, used in support of research to protect the nation's coastal wetlands and estuaries.

    WHO:    Congressman Jeff Miller and the following EPA officials:
            Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for Research and
            Development; Mr. James I. Palmer, Regional Administrator
            for Region 4 in Atlanta, GA; Mr. Gregg A. Cooke, Regional
            Administrator for Region 6 in Dallas, TX;
            Mr. James B. Gulliford, Regional Administrator for
            Region 7 in Kansas City, KS; and Mr. David O'Connor,
            Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Agency's Office of
            Administration and Resource Management in Washington, DC

    WHAT:   Dedication of EPA's new Research Support and
            Administration building

    WHEN:   Thursday, December 5, 2002, 1 p.m.

    WHERE:  1 Sabine Island Drive, Gulf Breeze, Florida

    NOTE:   Following the ceremony, tours will be provided for invited
            guests and the media.