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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1998                                                                                                                                (202) 616-2765

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PRESS AVAILABILITY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1998





	WASHINGTON, D.C. --  Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, will be joined
by Samuel Coleman, P.E., Director of the Compliance Assurance and
Enforcement Division of EPA Region 6, and United States Attorney
Eddie Jordan to discuss a significant environmental enforcement
settlement with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans on
Wednesday, April 8, 1998.




	WHO:		Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, 			 Environment and Natural Resources Division

			Samuel Coleman, Director of Compliance Assurance and
			 Enforcement Division, EPA Region 6

			Eddie Jordan, United States Attorney, Eastern 			 District of Louisiana




 	WHEN:	April 8, 1998

			12:00 Noon




	WHERE:	U.S. Attorney's Office

			501 Magazine Street 

			8th Floor

			New Orleans, Louisiana




	NOTE:  All media interested in attending should call Christine
DiBartolo at (202) 616-2765.




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