Connecticut CWRP Announcement near Danbury
Corporate executives with state and federal officials will launch the Connecticut Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, a new public-private initiative to restore Connecticut's environmentally valuable wetlands and other aquatic habitats, at a breakfast on Tuesday, October 31, 2000 at 9:00 AM., at the Northeast Utilities Facility in Bethel, CT.

Business leaders of the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership in Connecticut are Duracell of Bethel, a division of The Gillette Company, and Northeast Utilities, based in Hartford. The Partnership will work with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the federal office of Coastal America, representing 12 federal departments and agencies.

The CWRP in Connecticut's goal is to bring aboard more than 20 corporate partners and $1 million in its first year.

Participants in the event will include: U.S Representatives Nancy Johnson and John Larson; Mindy Luber, Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency - Region I; Tim Keeney, Northeast Utilities; Monica Roll, Duracell; Jane Stahl and Ron Rozsa, CT Department of Environmental Protection; and Bill Hubbard, Army Corps of Engineers and NERIT Chair.

For more information on the CWRP in Connecticut or the event, please contact either Tim Keeney, Director, Environmental Services, Northeast Utilities, Telephone: 860-665-3848, E-mail: keenetr@nu.com, or Monica Roll, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Duracell, Telephone: 203-796-4640, E-mail: Monica_Roll@duracell.com.

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